On Monday night, the U.S. soccer team accomplished a feat it failed to achieve in the past two World Cups: beat Ghana. With a 2-1 victory, the Americans position themselves well for the games to come. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/16/322738622/with-win-over-ghana-u-s-is-off-on-the-right-foot-in-brazil?ft=1&f=1001
A pair of large tornadoes have ripped through rural northeastern Nebraska, devastating one small town, causing damage to two others and killing at least one person, reports say. Reuters says: “The tornadoes, part of a super-cell thunderstorm system, cut a swath across northeastern Nebraska, uprooting trees and leveling homes, officials said. The still-dangerous storm system
i i hide captionAs the number of renters in Los Angeles increases, construction of new apartments isn’t keeping pace with demand, resulting in rents higher than many can afford. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images As the number of renters in Los Angeles increases, construction of new apartments isn’t keeping pace with demand, resulting in rents higher than
i i hide captionMembers of the L.A. Fathers Program practice a role-playing exercise — standing on chairs and yelling to see what it feels like when an adult yells at a child. Courtesy L.A. Fathers Program Members of the L.A. Fathers Program practice a role-playing exercise — standing on chairs and yelling to see what
NPR’s Arun Rath speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the U.S. national team’s first game of the World Cup. The team faces off against Ghana in what promises to be a tough match for the Americans. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/15/322299196/u-s-faces-long-odds-in-first-world-cup-match?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionThe intensity of pink color in rosé wine comes from the amount of skin contact the grape juice has with the grape skin in the winemaking process. The wine on the left had the longest skin contact. Sindhu Hirani Blume/NPR The intensity of pink color in rosé wine comes from the amount
Forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, now control much of Iraq, as the country’s military has disintegrated in the face of the group’s radical troops. NPR’s Arun Rath talks to The Guardian‘s Martin Chulov in Baghdad about the latest. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/06/14/322008350/as-isis-advances-iraqs-military-melts-down?ft=1&f=1001
Last weekend, news was focused on Las Vegas, where a husband and wife went on a shooting spree. We’ve since learned that the couple spent time at an armed stand-off on the cattle ranch east of Las Vegas owned by Cliven Bundy. NPR’s Arun Rath talks with Kirk Siegler about the shootings and his trip
i i hide captionRep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is making a long-shot bid to replace Rep. Eric Cantor as House majority leader. John Miller/AP Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is making a long-shot bid to replace Rep. Eric Cantor as House majority leader. John Miller/AP Two-term Idaho Republican Raul Labrador announced Friday that he is throwing his
It’s hard not to be charmed by Hazel and Gus, the flippant yet noble teenagers with cancer in the hit film The Fault in Our Stars. But movies have a bad habit of taking life-or-death health crises and turning them into cliché. i i hide captionIn The Fault in Our Stars, Gus and Hazel, played
i i hide captionTourists pose with a U.S. and Brazilian flag ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Eddie Keogh/Reuters/Landov Tourists pose with a U.S. and Brazilian flag ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Eddie Keogh/Reuters/Landov On the streets of Copacabana, fans from all nations are sporting their
i i hide captionKirkuk province’s Kurdish governor, Najim al-Din Omar Karim (center, wearing a bulletproof vest), listens to a commander of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces as the troops were being deployed on the main road between Kirkuk, Mosul and Baiji in northern Iraq in response to the offensive by ISIS, an extremist Islamist group. Marwan