Enlarge image i Members of the Somali community visit near a park in Minneapolis. The city is home to the nation’s largest concentration of Somali Americans. Jim Mone/AP Members of the Somali community visit near a park in Minneapolis. The city is home to the nation’s largest concentration of Somali Americans. Jim Mone/AP Politics in […]
Enlarge image i Parents arrive to pick up their children from a school in Montgomery, Ala. After a tough immigration law was enacted in 2011, Hispanic students began to disappear from classrooms in the state’s public schools. Dave Martin/AP Parents arrive to pick up their children from a school in Montgomery, Ala. After a tough
Enlarge image i The hostages’ families, friends and activists demonstrate in Aix-en-Provence, France, in June. Claude Paris/AP The hostages’ families, friends and activists demonstrate in Aix-en-Provence, France, in June. Claude Paris/AP Four French hostages captured in Niger three years ago by members of an al-Qaida affiliate have been released. France’s President Francois Hollande says the
Enlarge image i Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein during a hearing in September on Capitol Hill. Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein during a hearing in September on Capitol Hill. Alex Wong/Getty Images Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is calling for a “total review” of spying
Enlarge image i House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., isn’t letting the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act website dampen her enthusiasm for the law. J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., isn’t letting the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act website dampen her enthusiasm for the law. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Following a problem-plagued launch of the HealthCare.gov website, the White House on Monday officially announced a six-week extension to sign up for coverage under the law’s individual mandate. The move has been expected since White House Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledged last week that there was a “disconnect” in the enrollment timeline given the technical
Enlarge image i Cars lie smashed by the collapsed Interstate 5 connector a few hours after the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994, in California. AFP/Getty Images Cars lie smashed by the collapsed Interstate 5 connector a few hours after the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994, in California. AFP/Getty Images Morning recess at St.
Enlarge image i The little girl known as “Maria” is at the center of a messy case in Greece. Police removed her from her Roma home on suspicions that the blond, blue-eyed girl had been kidnapped. AP The little girl known as “Maria” is at the center of a messy case in Greece. Police removed
Enlarge image i French multiple sclerosis sufferer Marc Kopp speaks about his quest to skydive over Mount Everest, in an interview conducted in Kathmandu last week. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images French multiple sclerosis sufferer Marc Kopp speaks about his quest to skydive over Mount Everest, in an interview conducted in Kathmandu last week. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
Enlarge image i News of U.S. surveillance in Europe has met with distrust and anger; officials are heading to Washington to discuss matters next week. Here, members of an artists’ group paint a mural called ‘Surveillance of the Fittest’ on a wall in Cologne, Germany, Thursday. Frank Augstein/AP News of U.S. surveillance in Europe has
Iran has hanged 16 militant prisoners in what is being called retaliation for an attack that killed more than a dozen Iranian guards near the country’s border with Pakistan, according to Iran’s state-affiliated media. The country is also blaming Pakistan for what it calls lax security. NPR’s Peter Kenyon filed this report for our Newscast
Enlarge image i An Egyptian lawsuit against former interim vice president of Mohammed ElBaradei, seen here in 2010, has been dismissed. ElBaradei is not currently living in Egypt. Nasser Nasser/AP An Egyptian lawsuit against former interim vice president of Mohammed ElBaradei, seen here in 2010, has been dismissed. ElBaradei is not currently living in Egypt.