The FBI has custody of a couple charged with conspiring to attempt to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. Department of Justice spokesman Dean Boyd says a scientist and his wife appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The defen...
One in seven Americans lives in poverty. The rate is the highest it's been since 1995. NPR's Tamara Keith brings us the findings of a new Census Bureau report that reveals the recession spared virtually no one. The reason more Americans are living in...
President Obama is praising the fact that lawmakers appear to be moving towards approval of a small business jobs bill. However, the president blasted those he says are standing in the way of his plan to extend tax cuts for middle-income households....
An American woman held for more than a year in Iran has arrived in Oman. Sarah Shourd was released today. She was arrested along with two American men while hiking in July last year along the Iran-Iraq border. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, there a...
President Obama's pressing the Senate to pass a bill that, he says, would cut taxes for small businesses and create much-needed jobs. Proposed tax cuts in general have led to a political showdown between the White House and congressional Republicans....
At this hour, some of the San Bruno, California residents whose homes were not heavily damaged by Thursday's natural gas pipeline explosion are returning to their homes. Bob Hensley of Capital Public Radio says officials may be shocked at the conditi...
Ceremonies today to mark the anniversary of September 11th, 2001 began at the spot where the attacks began that day. New York City, where the twin towers fell, is now called Ground Zero. NPR's Margot Adler reports. The ceremony on this ninth annivers...
Firefighters are steadily working to put out smoldering homes in San Bruno, California outside San Francisco, where an explosion last night killed at least four people and injured dozens more. At least 38 homes have been destroyed. San Bruno Fire Chi...
The State Department is warning Americans abroad to be on alert for possible protests against the US after a Florida church announced it would burn copies of the Koran this Saturday. Ahead of that, NPR's Michele Kelemen reports governments worldwide...
Scathing words from President Obama to Republican leaders critical of his handling of the US economy. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports that during an appearance in suburban Cleveland, Mr. Obama singled out House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. Presiden...
