The White House is calling the whistle-blowing group Wikileaks and anyone linked to the release of classified materials criminals. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is threatening aggressive steps to get to the source of the leak. This disclosure is...
Wikileaks has moved forward with a major document drop of hundreds of thousands of confidential US diplomatic cables. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports the action flies in the face of dire warnings from top US officials. The documents provide a rare glim...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. A Somali-born teenager is accused of plotting mass murder at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon. As NPR's John Burnett reports, an undercover agent has provided phony explosives t...
Early signs point to bigger-than-usual crowds for a Black Friday, when retailers hope post-Thanksgiving Day sales catapult them into the black through the holiday shopping season. The chance to snap up huge bargains typically draws Canadian shoppers...
The president of South Korea is ordering more troops to the island that North Korea attacked on Tuesday, killing four and injuring 18. NPR's Louisa Lim reports from Yeonpyeong that some people are spending this day sifting through charred debris. Amo...
So far so good, fear-belong-lines from a planned protest at the enhanced security scanning at the airports around the country haven't apparently happened. Kirk Seydler with Colorado Public Radio is at Dan Branche International Airport. He says travel...
President Obama told workers at a Chrysler plant in Kokomo, Indiana today their success is a sign of confidence in the countrys future. But even as we continue to face serious challenges, whats happening here at this plant - the changes were seeing t...
More than 300 people are dead in a stampede at a water festival in Cambodia. The prime minister says hundreds more are injured. Thousands of people had gathered for the three-day river festival in Phnom Penh. One bystander said several people passed...
We are fast approaching the busiest travel day of the year, and it could really be a madhouse of the nation's airports if an Internet-organized boycott of full-body scans takes place. NPR's Carol Van Dam reports some people will refuse to be scanned....
NATO leaders agreed today on a plan to transfer to the Afghan military the job of ensuring that nation's security. President Obama said the international force would start their process next year. We agreed that early 2011 will mark the beginning of...
Those very careful pat-downs at airport security checkpoints have some passengers and pilots in a furor. But the head of the TSA says they are necessary considering the current terrorist threats. John Pistole told the CBS's Early Show security screen...
General Motor's back to being publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, a major milestone in GM's quest for independence from government ownership. We have the latest from Michigan Radio's Tracy Samilton. GM CEO Dan Akerson says he's pleased by...
The man billed as the first Guantanamo Bay terror suspect to face a civilian trial, Ahmed Ghailani, has been found not guilty of terrorism charges today in a federal trial in New York. Thirty-six-year-old Ghailani, a native of Tanzania, was accused o...
A 25-year-old service member from Iowa is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Moments ago at a White House ceremony, President Obama couldnt contain his pride in bestowing the highest military honor on army staff S...
Congressman Charles Rangel of New York had requested to delay his ethics trial and it was denied. Today a bipartisan congressional panel decided not to delay the trial after Rangel argued that he needed time to obtain a new lawyer. Rangel faces 13 ch...
