From NPR news in Washington, I'm Barbara Cline.In Philadelphia, ecstatic crowds as Pope Francis rose to the street to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway where he's just beginning to celebrate outdoor Mass, the last major event of his US trip. Earlier toda...
Thousands have gathered outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall, waiting for Pope Francis to speak later this hour. Earlier today, Pope celebrated Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Among the some 1600 congregants * this mornin...
House speaker John Boehner has abruptly resigned from congress. NPR's Susan Davis reports the Republican lawmaker from Ohio says the ongoing battle with the far-right faction of his party was bad for congress and for the American people. He walked in...
Pope Francis is preparing for another historic address this one to world leaders at the UNs tomorrow. He's about to leave the Washington DC area for New York. Francis drew big crowds while he was in the nation's capital where he received a standing o...
The bells toll as Pope Francis makes his way to the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. Here is where the pontiff will elevate the sainthood, Junipero Serra, the 18th century friar who brought catholicism to...
Chanting We love Francis a crowd of young people cheer as the Pope's plane lands at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC. This is the pontiff's first trip to the US and one that's been highly anticipated. President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden...
US authorities confirm Russia is escalating its military presence in Syria. NPR's TB reports Moscow is attempting to prop up the Assad regime against the expansion of the self-declared IS. A US official says the added planes include an air-to-ground...
From NPR news in Washington, I'm BC. Secretary of State, John Carrie, says the U.S will increase the refugees it will accept from around the world to 100,000 in the next two years. From Berlin, NPR SN reports that's 30,000 more than the current US-ke...
Cubans are welcoming Pope Francis to be on island nation. After his plane touched down in Havana he talked to an enthusiastic crowd that gathered at the airport. Cuban president Raul Castro was also on hand to greet him. NPR's SJ travelled with the P...
NPR has learnt that Russia could start flying missions against IS targets in Syria in the coming weeks while Washington wraps up talks with Moscow on how to stay clear of each other when during anti-IS operations. NPR's T reports Russian warplanes ha...
The Federal Reserve is holding the line oninterest rates for now. Any move to nudge rates higher has been put off for atleast another month. NPR's GW says Fed policy makers are waiting for abetter sense of the impact of slower global growth on the US...
The leading Republican presidential candidates will be back on the same stage for a second debate this time in Simi Valley, California. Therell be one addition former CEO Carly Fiorina, the only woman seeking the GOP nomination. But as NPRs Mara Lias...
The punishing drought in California is fueling some of the most destructive wild fire yet keeping thousands of evacuees wondering yet another day whether they will have a home to go back to. Among them, residents of the Northern California community...
Police investigating this morning's shooting death of a professor at Mississippi's Dealt State University are now ushering students out of buildings at that school and others. At Cleveland police chief Charles Beans says have been on lockdown. We are...
California governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for Lake and Napa counties because of a fast-spreading wild fire that has charred more than 60 square miles in less than 24 hours. Roger Beavers tells KGO the fire was so fierce he had...
