Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama today sought to further distance himself from comments by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Obama calling some of Wright's racially tinged remarks appalling. Speaking in North Carolina toda...
The Senate's No. 2 Democrat today called on the Bush administration to increase funding for World Hunger Relief. That's being included in a new emergency spending bill mainly for the war in Iraq. More from NPR's David Welna. In addition to more than...
Continental Airlines says it has called off its merger talks with United Airlines and will instead remain an independent air carrier. United had hoped to reach an agreement with Continental by late this week. But Continental's board of directors dec...
Election officials in Zimbabwe announced today partial results of a recount in parliamentary elections. They said the party of President Robert Mugabe failed to win control of the parliament. The opposition party has the majority for the first time...
After an eight-week trial before a judge in Queens, New York, three detectives accused in the killing of Sean Bell in a hail of 50 bullets were acquitted of all charges today. Bell had left a strip club after a bachelor party before his wedding when...
The Senate has unanimously passed a bill, making it illegal for employers and health insurers to discriminate based on a person's genetic make-up. NPR's Julie Rovner has more. This was the third time the Senate has passed so-called genetic non-discr...
The Democratic presidential candidates are coming closer to the wire in what is shaping up to be a hard-fought battle for the nomination. A day after Hillary Clinton pulled off, what some pundits have termed, a must-win victory in Pennsylvania's pri...
Voters have been turning out in large numbers for today's Pennsylvania primary. Mark Nootbaar of member station WDUQ in Pittsburgh has more. This is the first time since the 80s the Pennsylvania primary has had any impact on the selection of a presi...
In her last chance to speak to the voters of Pennsylvania before tomorrow's primary, Senator Hillary Clinton went on a cross-state campaign swing today. Mark Nootbaar of member station WDUQ has more from Pittsburgh. Senator Clinton spoke about makin...
The Democratic presidential candidates are crisscrossing Pennsylvania today as they closed out the final weekend of campaigning before that states primary. The top strategists for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama squared off today over how long the...