New claims for unemployment benefits are down sharply. NPR's Paul Brown reports economists see the drop as another good sign for the job market next year, but they warn a major recovery is still a long time off. The Labor Department's latest numbers,...
rescue workers are reportedly, are trying to get two people still trapped in the wreckage of Berlin furniture stores burnt and destroyed, a third person was rescued earlier today hours after apparent natural gas explosion, when city manager JohnZetod...
Flights are arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport and so are the nightmare stories of being stuck on the tarmac for nearly 10 hours. The latest involves Cathay Pacific, whose passengers on at least one of the flights that arrived last night say they...
Thousands of air, rail and road travelers along the East Coast are stranded or looking for other ways of getting home after a snowstorm blanketed much of the region over Christmas weekend. In New York City, which bore the brunt of that storm, subway...
Forecasters say the big winter storm blowing up the East Coast could just graze the nation's capital, but other regions may not be so lucky. The National Weather Service's Bob Oravec says the storm will be a blizzard in some areas. Blizzard warnings...
Winter weather is disrupting holiday travel in the southern US, where some parts are having a rare white Christmas. Hundreds of flights are canceled in and out of Atlanta. And National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Korty says the East Coast sho...
The EPA is announcing it'll propose new standards for power plants in July and for oil refineries next December. The Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions after Congress did not act on climate change le...
In Rome, package bombs have exploded today at the embassies of Switzerland and Chile. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports two people were wounded. The first mail bomb exploded at the Swiss embassy when an employee opened a package. He was seriously wounded...
The Senate has passed two major pieces of legislation this afternoon that had been caught in the grips of political stalemate. By a vote of 71-26, the Senate has ratified a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia. And Andrew Seabrook of NPR tells us that...
New rules for Internet service providers today from the Federal Communications Commission. They are designed to keep broadband landline companies from interfering with information flow to their customers. NPR's Paul Brown reports the plan largely exe...
British police have arrested 12 men on terrorism charges during early morning raids in three cities, saying urgent action was needed to protect public safety. But officials are calling the arrest just the first stage of a large-scale intelligence ope...
The Senate is in session today to discuss whether to ratify START, a new arms control treaty signed by President Obama and Russian President Medvedev earlier this year. Treaties require the approval of a two-thirds majority. Vice President Joe Biden...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Nora Raum. The Senate is set to vote in about an hour on whether to overturn a ban on gays serving openly in the military. A major opponent is John McCain of Arizona, who said there's no evidence the policy has failed....
President Obama signed the 858-billion-dollar tax-cut bill this afternoon, extending Bush-era tax rates for another two years. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the tax bill passed the House last night with nearly equal support from Democrats and Repub...
President Obama is expressing cautious optimism about the way the war's progressing in Afghanistan. NPR's Rachel Martin reports the White House releases its long-awaited progress report today. The president took the podium flanked by the Vice Preside...
