Enlarge image i Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas delivers remarks during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to work on the immigration legislation in May. Michael Reynolds/EPA/Landov Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas delivers remarks during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to work on the immigration legislation in May. Michael Reynolds/EPA/Landov All this week, NPR […]
Enlarge image i “Liver buds” grow in petri dishes. The rudimentary organs are about 5 mm wide, or half the height of a classic Lego block. Courtesy of Takanori Takebe/Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine “Liver buds” grow in petri dishes. The rudimentary organs are about 5 mm wide, or half the height of
This report is part of “Those Who Serve,” an occasional series that looks at those who wear the military uniform during a time of war. It’s early afternoon at a small outpost in eastern Afghanistan, and U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Cunningham, with the 10th Mountain Division, heads into a long, dusty tent to teach Afghan
U.S. businesses that had been looking at possible penalties if they don’t provide health insurance to their employees by January are getting an extra year before they must comply with the new law, the White House says. The requirement, part of the health care overhaul known as “Obamacare,” affects all companies that have at least
After telling Congress that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans, National Intelligence Director James Clapper has issued an apology, telling Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein that his statement was “clearly erroneous.” Secret documents leaked by former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden have shown that the agency has been
After a day of ambiguous statements, confusion and a rerouted plane carrying Bolivia’s leader, it seems the U.S. is no closer to pinning down the location of Edward Snowden, the fugitive former security contractor who is desperate to find asylum. As Mark Memmott reported earlier, Snowden, with help of Wikileaks, had sent out requests for
Enlarge image i Members of the Prescott fire department embrace Monday as they arrive to listen in at a news conference in Prescott, Ariz. Julie Jacobson/AP Members of the Prescott fire department embrace Monday as they arrive to listen in at a news conference in Prescott, Ariz. Julie Jacobson/AP It’s not that firefighters are never
The first woman to lead a Minnesota Indian tribe has died. Marge Anderson led efforts to secure tribal hunting and fishing rights on Lake Mille Lacs. She died Saturday at age 81 of natural causes at the Mille Lacs Reservation in Onamia, Minn. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: “Appointed chief executive of the Mille Lacs
Enlarge image i Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis at an abortion-rights rally in Austin on Monday. Eric Gay/AP Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis at an abortion-rights rally in Austin on Monday. Eric Gay/AP For many watching the abortion fight in Texas, it’s deja vu all over again. Abortion-rights protesters once again gathered Monday at the
From one secrets leaker to another: Edward Snowden “is a hero,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Sunday on ABC-TV’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. “He has told the people of the world and the United States that there is mass unlawful interception of their communications, far beyond anything that happened under Nixon.” Others disagree. And
Enlarge image i A Meeting Of Great Minds: During his 1966 visit to South Africa, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy met with anti-apartheid activist Chief Luthuli and later spoke publicly about their meeting. Because of a government ban on media coverage of Luthuli, it was the first news many had of their leader in more than
Enlarge image i The Heat, a female buddy-cop movie starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, made $40 million in its opening weekend, but is one of the few movies in recent history with female leads. Gemma La Mana/Twentieth Century Fox via AP The Heat, a female buddy-cop movie starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, made