The US Supreme Courts justices are done with a closed-door meeting during which they were expected to cast a preliminary vote on the nation's contentious health care law. But NPR's Nina Totenberg reports however, each of the nine justices leans on th...
More children are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at a higher rate than ever before. Coleen Boyle, a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the CDC has just released a report indicating an alarming increase....
The US Supreme Court is expected to rule by June on the fate of the nation's sweeping health care law after hearing three days of arguments. It's really anyone's guess how the court will lean. Paul Clement, the lawyer for the 26 states seeking to hav...
The JOBS Act is now headed to President Obama's desk for his approval. A short time ago, it passed the GOP-led House by a vote of 380-41. The legislation makes it easier for startups to navigate federal regulations and raise capital. The US Supreme C...
The deeply divisive national health care law is before the nation's highest court on the first of three days of arguments. People on both sides of the debate appear to agree that the justices would rule on the heart of the case the constitutionality...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. An international summit on nuclear security gets underway in Seoul, South Korea this week, with both President Obama and South Korean President Lee warning North Korea against a planned missile launc...
Republican voters in Louisiana weigh in on the party's field of presidential hopefuls today. Hopes are high in Rick Santorum's campaign after Mitt Romney crushed opponents in Illinois. NPR's Don Gonyea is in Lafayette, Louisiana for the vote. He repo...
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Afghan civilians. We get more on the story from NPR's Larry Abramson. The Army has charged Bales with killing 17 Afghan villagers in a rampage early in the mo...
US intelligence officials are warning that global water supplies are unlikely to keep up with demands, and that will pose risks to world food markets and economic growth. NPR's Michele Kelemen has more on feared water wars we could see in the coming...
The gunman accused of killing seven people in the Toulouse area, France this week and last reportedly is still holed up in his apartment building. The place is surrounded, and police say they are ready to storm that building, but the suspect is said...
The case of an unarmed black teen whos fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain will go before a grand jury in central Florida in April. Authorities say Trayvon Martin was killed during a confrontation with George Zimmerman last month in a gated...
Jewish schools in religious sites across France are under a heightened security as the hunt continues for a gunman who killed three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in the southern city of Toulouse this morning. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley repor...
Voting in Puerto Rico's Republican primary closes at this hour, where 20 delegates are up for grabs. Next up, the Illinois primary where Republican presidential hopefuls remain in a pitch battle for their party's nomination. And as NPR's Louise Schia...
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are doing a lot of traveling this weekend. One day after Santorum wrapped up his visit to Puerto Rico, Romney arrived on the island ahead of tomorrow's primary there. NPR's David Welna reports from San Juan that Romney h...
A former Rutgers University student is found guilty of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommates intimate encounter with another man. NPR's Joel Rose reports a jury in New Jersey found Dharun Ravi guilty on all 15 counts. The jury delibe...
