i Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Handout/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Handout/Getty Images Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Handout/Getty Images During the second day of the penalty phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial, a defense attorney for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev presented full video of the convicted bomber giving a holding cell camera the finger. As we reported, on Tuesday the
i “Part of the reason we’re here is because climate change is threatening this treasure and the communities that depend on it,” Obama said Wednesday of his visit to Everglades National Park in Florida. “If we don’t act, there may not be an Everglades as we know it.” Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption
i Tulsa County, Okla., reserve deputy Robert Bates leaves his arraignment with attorney Tuesday. Bates fatally shot a suspect who was pinned down by officers, raising alarms about volunteer police officers who wear badges and carry gun. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption itoggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP Tulsa County, Okla., reserve deputy Robert Bates leaves his arraignment
i Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Handout/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Handout/Getty Images Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Handout/Getty Images Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is “unrepentant and unchanged.” That’s what a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday as they weighed whether the 21-year-old convicted in the bombings that killed three people and left 264 others wounded should get the death
i Pappy Van Winkle bourbons at Bourbons Bistro in Louisville, Ky. The spirit was pricey even before a heist at the distillery. Noah Adams/for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Noah Adams/for NPR Pappy Van Winkle bourbons at Bourbons Bistro in Louisville, Ky. The spirit was pricey even before a heist at the distillery. Noah Adams/for
The U.S. Navy has dispatched an aircraft carrier to waters off the coast of Yemen. As NPR’s Jackie Northam reports, the vessels are joining others in the region in an increasing show of force. She filed this report for our Newscast unit: “The U.S. Navy says it’s deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the guided-missile
i Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore holds up a silicon wafer at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2005. Moore first noted 50 years ago that the number of transistors that can be packed into a computer chip doubles about every two years. That observation, called Moore’s Law, has been the basis for the
i Norway is moving on from analog radios in 2017. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto Norway is moving on from analog radios in 2017. iStockphoto Normay is going to eliminate FM radio in less than two years, the country’s government announced, becoming the first country in the world to do so. Norway is planning
i Spectators bow their heads during a moment of silence during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, on Sunday. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption itoggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP Spectators bow their heads during a moment of silence during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th
i Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding at a practice session at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding at a practice session at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images Why would a couple of comedians build a museum
i Mother and infant Bouvier’s red colobus monkeys in a first-ever photograph of the primate taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The species was thought to have gone extinct in the 1970s. Lieven Devreese and Gaël Elie Gnondo Gobolo/Ntokou-Pikounda National Park, DRC hide caption itoggle caption Lieven Devreese and Gaël Elie Gnondo Gobolo/Ntokou-Pikounda National
Gazing into your dog’s eyes apparently triggers happy feelings in both parties – suggesting that dogs really may love us back. (This piece originally aired on All Things Considered on April 16, 2015.) Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/18/400658700/gazing-into-those-puppy-dog-eyes-may-actually-be-good-for-you?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news