Updated at 3:45 p.m. The St. Louis County Police Department says an arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of two officers during a protest in Ferguson, Mo., last week. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch identified the suspect who has been charged in the shooting as 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams. Williams has
The protests against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff are growing, with some estimates saying 1 million people have turned up across the country calling for her ouster. NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, who is reporting on the protests from Rio de Janeiro for our Newscast unit, says placards on Copacabana beach are calling for Rousseff’s impeachment. Protesters are
i World No. 1 Serena Williams acknowledges the crowd after winning her match against Monica Niculescu of Romania during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif. Charls Baus/CSM /LANDOV hide caption itoggle caption Charls Baus/CSM /LANDOV World No. 1 Serena Williams acknowledges the crowd after winning her match against
A septuagenarian nun in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has been gang raped by a group of men after she tried to stop them from robbing a missionary school. News reports say the six men entered the Convent of Jesus and Mary school in Ranaghat, about 50 miles northeast of Kolkata, the state
British Prime Minister David Cameron shakes hands with Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi’s grandson, beneath a new statue of the Indian independence leader by British sculptor Philip Jackson, after it was unveiled today in London’s Parliament Square. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption itoggle caption Matt Dunham/AP Winston Churchill once described Mohandas Gandhi, the Indian independence leader who
Editor’s note: A version of this story was published in March 2011. Get ready to roll out some dough, because it’s almost Pi Day. What’s that, you ask? Think back to geometry class. Pi represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference (the distance around the circle) to its diameter (the distance across it). In mathematics,
i Belgium’s plan to honor the Battle of Waterloo displeased France. In this photo, an enthusiast dressed as a member of the French Army stands next to a cannon prior to the re-enactment of the famous battle. Thierry Roge/Reuters /Landov hide caption itoggle caption Thierry Roge/Reuters /Landov Belgium’s plan to honor the Battle of Waterloo
i Too many consumers have learned the hard way that their credit rating can be tarnished by medical bills they may not owe or when disputes delay insurer payment. That should change under a new policy agreed to this week by the three major credit reporting agencies. The agencies say they will establish a 180-day
i The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is seen as it descends toward Earth, carrying NASA’s Barry Wilmore and Russian flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption itoggle caption Bill Ingalls/NASA The Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is seen as it descends toward Earth, carrying NASA’s Barry Wilmore and Russian flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and
i Indiana squeezed the normal life cycle of a test—pilot, field, real—into one, massive exam that clocked in at 12 hours. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption itoggle caption LA Johnson/NPR Indiana squeezed the normal life cycle of a test—pilot, field, real—into one, massive exam that clocked in at 12 hours. LA Johnson/NPR Every eldest child knows
i Emelin, 15, spoke at the United Nations this week about her efforts to improve the health and education in her town in Guatemala. Misha Friedman for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Misha Friedman for NPR Emelin, 15, spoke at the United Nations this week about her efforts to improve the health and education in
i People gather around broken water pipes to collect drinking water in Port au Prince, Haiti, after the January 2010 earthquake. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption itoggle caption David Gilkey/NPR People gather around broken water pipes to collect drinking water in Port au Prince, Haiti, after the January 2010 earthquake. David Gilkey/NPR i Fred Schilling has