Law enforcement officials confirmed reports that two men were detained after flying from Chicago to Amsterdam. Officials tell NPR the men do not appear to have ties to al-Qaeda or its affiliates, but they are continuing to check those connections. On...
The Gulf Coast is still not recovered from Hurricane Katrina, which struck five years ago today. President Obama spoke at Xavier University in New Orleans a short while ago and made this promise. On this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and t...
A rally was held today on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same steps where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his I Have a Dream speech 47 years ago. Today's event attracted conservatives, who crowded half the National Mall, stretching from the...
The US economys growing more slowly than expected. The Commerce Departments downgrading the nations second-quarter growth to 1.6 percent, down from 2.5 percent. Dean Croushore, chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Richmond, says...
The latest jobs report reveals an unexpected decline in new unemployment claims last week, but economist Hugh Johnson says the better measure on labor trends, the four-week average, tells a different story. The truth is that the jobless claims have b...
President Obama is expected to address the nation Tuesday about the end of US combat operations in Iraq. The White House says Mr. Obama is also expected to visit troops at Fort Bliss in Texas. The US focus in Iraq is shifting from combat to training...
Sales of previously occupied homes are down sharply by 27 percent in July to the lowest level since 1995. Those figures come from the National Association of Realtors. NPR's Paul Brown reports some analysts think sales and prices could go still lower...
Federal officials are focusing on manufacturing and processing facilities as they work to get to the bottom of a salmonella outbreak in eggs. The Food and Drug Administration says there haven't been many standards in place for farms like the two in I...
Even though more than half a billion eggs have been recalled in the salmonella outbreak, some farmers want you to know you don't have to give up omelets or eggs Benedict. Krista Eberle of the United Egg Producers points out only two farms are involve...
After three weeks of relentless rain and floods, one fifth of Pakistan is under water. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge reports there are more pledges of aid from United Nations members meeting in New York. The economic impact of this disasters already beco...
Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan to meet face to face for the first time since talks collapsed nearly two years ago. They've been invited to Washington early next month. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says each side will need to do its part t...
New unemployment claims hit the half million mark, the highest level since November. Analysts say last week's surge underscores more trouble in the jobs market with employers slashing positions as the economic recovery continues to slow. A symbolic m...
President Obama, confronted with growing worries over economic recovery in the US, is trying to convince voters that his policies are, in fact, working. Slowly but surely we are moving in the right direction. Were on the right track. The economy is g...
The Iraqi capital's reeling from its deadliest strike in weeks. A suicide bomber attacked army recruits, killing at least 57. The BBC's Hugh Sykes reports security forces are favorite targets. Baghdad traffic policemen and federal police have been mu...
Flood survivors blocking a highway in southern Sindh province in Pakistan outrage they're not seeing the humanitarian aid promised them. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge says an estimated 20 million people are affected with waterborne diseases on the rise....
