North Korea says it has detained a 24-year-old American tourist. NPR’s Michelle Kelemen filed this report for our Newscast unit: “North Korea’s official news agency identifies the man as Miller Matthew Todd, saying he was arrested because of his “rash behavior” as he was entering the country. “The country says he was taken into custody […]
Northwestern University football players are voting Thursday on whether to unionize. Earlier, the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago ruled that the athletes’ team requirements essentially make them employees of the university. This, in turn, means they can form a union. The university is appealing the NLRB ruling to the full board. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/04/25/306877279/northwestern-players-cast-union-vote-but-results-will-have-to-wait?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionThere today, here tomorrow: A mother holds her child for a measles vaccination in Manila, Philippines, in January. Travelers are bringing measles from the Philippines to the United States. Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images There today, here tomorrow: A mother holds her child for a measles vaccination in Manila, Philippines, in January. Travelers are
i i hide captionU.S. journalist Simon Ostrovsky in Moscow in 2004. He was reportedly released on Thursday after being held briefly by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images U.S. journalist Simon Ostrovsky in Moscow in 2004. He was reportedly released on Thursday after being held briefly by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Alexander
i i hide captionPope Francis as he celebrated communion last July in Brazil. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Pope Francis as he celebrated communion last July in Brazil. Buda Mendes/Getty Images The Vatican on Thursday sought to tamp down speculation that Pope Francis wants to reverse church teachings and allow divorced and remarried Catholics and their spouses
hide captionVolvo’s inflatable car seat prototype goes from backpack to rear-facing seat in 40 seconds. Courtesy of Volvo Forget wearables, let’s talk about inflatables. Volvo’s new child safety seat concept is a fully inflatable device designed to make what’s normally a clunky and heavy seat both lighter and more portable. So compact is this prototype
Those speakers in your living room, sitting there, like dull hunks of furniture? What if, instead of just playing music, they became a pair of fire-spewing dragons? You’d play a tune, and the pulsing sound waves, usually invisible, would become bursts (or absences) of flame. Walk around the speakers, and not only would you hear
i i hide captionPalestinians march Wednesday in Gaza City in support of an attempt to reconcile the two main factions. Those factions, Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization, have been bitterly divided since 2007. They hope to form a unity government within five weeks. Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images Palestinians march Wednesday in Gaza City in support
i i hide captionHawaiian Airlines Flight 45 after its arrival on Monday at Maui’s Kahului Airport. After the same flight landed on Sunday, a California teen emerged from the left rear wheel well. Oskar Garcia/AP Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 after its arrival on Monday at Maui’s Kahului Airport. After the same flight landed on Sunday,
i i hide captionAs the sun set on Tuesday, recovery operations continued at the site of the ferry disaster off South Korea’s southern coast. Issei Kato /Reuters/Landov As the sun set on Tuesday, recovery operations continued at the site of the ferry disaster off South Korea’s southern coast. Issei Kato /Reuters/Landov With the death toll
i i hide captionFamily members of the Mount Everest avalanche victims were lighting oil lamps Sunday at a Sherpa Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Prakash Mathema /AFP/Getty Images Family members of the Mount Everest avalanche victims were lighting oil lamps Sunday at a Sherpa Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. Prakash Mathema /AFP/Getty Images A possible boycott of
i i hide captionRunners, their friends and family members posed Sunday for photos at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which is being run on Monday. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Runners, their friends and family members posed Sunday for photos at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which is being run on Monday. Robert