MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This week I traveled to Scranton, Pa., for our final Going There live event. Because it was our final event, we and our partners at member station WVIA wanted to go big. So we decided to talk about something that affects all of us. We wanted to ask what does it mean
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’re going to take a few minutes to talk about rallies happening today in dozens of cities across the country called the March Against Sharia. Sharia is a legal and philosophical code derived from Islamic scripture and tended to guide observant Muslims. Marchers say Sharia law and Muslim immigration is harming America.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’d like to turn now to a story out of the Middle East, the rift between Qatar and some of its neighbors, including Saudi Arabia Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Along with Egypt, those countries have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar saying it is supporting Islamic extremists which the country’s leaders
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State on Friday, urging Saudi Arabia and its regional allies to ease their blockade of Qatar. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks in the Treaty Room of the
Ducks paddle in the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool in better days. Emilie Sommer/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emilie Sommer/AFP/Getty Images Ducks paddle in the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool in better days. Emilie Sommer/AFP/Getty Images The National Park Service announced it will drain and clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after a water-borne parasite killed
A nonprofit group’s claim that President Trump is violating the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution should be dismissed because the plaintiffs have no standing to sue, according to a court filing by the Department of Justice. “Those claims falter on threshold grounds: no Plaintiff has alleged an injury” that meets the standing requirement, the
The U.S. Department of the Interior has ordered an internal review of sage grouse plans and programs. Bureau of Land Management hide caption toggle caption Bureau of Land Management The U.S. Department of the Interior has ordered an internal review of sage grouse plans and programs. Bureau of Land Management Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has
President Trump speaks to a Faith and Freedom conference on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP President Trump speaks to a Faith and Freedom conference on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP While former FBI director James Comey was testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday, several hundred attendees
Opana ER, a potent extended-release opioid, was approved by the FDA for pain management in 2006. But the agency says Endo’s attempts to reformulate the pills to make them harder to crush, dissolve and inject have not been successful. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Opana ER, a potent extended-release opioid, was approved
Bill Cosby (center) walks through the Montgomery County Courthouse on the third day of his sexual assault trial on Wednesday in Norristown, Pa. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images Bill Cosby (center) walks through the Montgomery County Courthouse on the third day of his sexual assault trial on Wednesday in Norristown,
The Office of Government Ethics posted a list of federal agency officials who have been granted ethics waivers on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Office of Government Ethics posted a list of federal agency officials who have been granted ethics waivers on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump
Reality Winner is charged with leaking U.S. government secrets to a reporter. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Reality Winner, the government contractor accused of leaking a secret NSA report to the media, plans to enter a plea of not guilty, her lawyer Titus Nichols tells NPR. She hopes to be released on bond Thursday.