i Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, right, prepare to sign a renewal of their pledge to hold peaceful “free, fair, and credible” elections, at a hotel in the capital Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption itoggle caption Ben Curtis/AP Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and opposition candidate
i A German police investigator carries a box after searching an apartment believed to belong to the crashed Germanwings flight 4U 9524 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in Duesseldorf, on Thursday. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters/Landov A German police investigator carries a box after searching an apartment believed to belong to the crashed Germanwings
i Flight crew in cockpit, rear view (zoom effect). Tom Sheppard/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Tom Sheppard/Getty Images Flight crew in cockpit, rear view (zoom effect). Tom Sheppard/Getty Images The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps earlier this week appears to have been a deliberate act carried out by a co-pilot.
i A Southwest Airlines pilot and co-pilot preparing for a flight from Dallas last year. In the wake of the Germanwings crash this week, many European airlines are rushing to adopt a two-person cockpit rule similar to the one already in place in the U.S. LM Otero/AP hide caption itoggle caption LM Otero/AP A Southwest
i Updated at 8:18 a.m. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the Democratic leader in the Senate, said he won’t seek re-election next year. “My friend Sen. [Mitch] McConnell, don’t be too elated. I’m going to be here for 22 months,” he said referring to the Senate majority leader from Kentucky. “And you know what I’m going
i German policemen stand outside a house believed to belong to Andreas Lubitz in Montabaur, Germany, on Thursday. Lubitz, the co-pilot on the Germanwings plane that crashed Tuesday, is suspected of deliberately crashing a the jet into the French Alps. Ralph Orlowski /Reuters /Landov hide caption itoggle caption Ralph Orlowski /Reuters /Landov German policemen stand
French officials believe the co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that went down in the Alps intentionally crashed the plane. Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley for the latest. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/03/26/395499331/french-prosecutor-points-toward-co-pilots-actions-in-jets-crash?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
i Aminu, age 4, was paralyzed by polio in August 2012. In the photo above, his father, Ado Ibrahim, carries the youngster through the village of Minjibir in northern Nigeria. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption itoggle caption David Gilkey/NPR Aminu, age 4, was paralyzed by polio in August 2012. In the photo above, his father, Ado
The videos are almost unbelievable. Ketchup slides out of the jar and you don’t even have to give it a thump. Glue slips out of the bottle without a molecule left inside. And what about getting that last smidgen of toothpaste from a used tube? No problem. Welcome to the world of LiquiGlide. The technology
i A rescue helicopter flies Wednesday near the town of Seyne-les-Alpes, France, to search for the 150 victims who died in a Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption itoggle caption Christophe Ena/AP A rescue helicopter flies Wednesday near the town of Seyne-les-Alpes, France, to search for the 150 victims who
i Commemorative ketchup bottles with portraits of Warren Buffett are seen at the exhibition of Berkshire Hathaway companies at the annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., on May 3, 2014. Kraft Foods said it will merge with ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co., owned by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway Inc, to form the world’s fifth-largest food
i When combined with results of other neurological tests, and in the context of a thorough medical history, atrophy of the brain (shown here in an MRI scan) sometimes indicates Alzheimer’s. Simon Fraser/Science Source Doctors are much more likely to level with patients who have cancer than patients who have Alzheimer’s, according to a report