House lawmakers were set to vote Thursday on a bill that would ban almost all abortions at 20 weeks post-conception, but NPR’s Juana Summers reports that they changed their plans late Wednesday as some lawmakers voiced concerns that the bills language went too far. “Some Republican lawmakers — many of them women — raised objections
Federal agencies and local police are using a new device to look inside homes and buildings, reports USA Today. The device, called the Range-R, operates like a stud-finder except instead of detecting studs inside a wall, it detects motion beyond the wall, including breathing as far as 50 feet away. The U.S. Supreme Court has
i i A J.C. Penney store in a Pembroke Pines, Fla., shopping center. The company’s resurrected print catalog will be much thinner than its previous “Big Book,” which was sometimes 1,000 pages. J Pat Carter/AP hide caption itoggle caption J Pat Carter/AP A J.C. Penney store in a Pembroke Pines, Fla., shopping center. The company’s
i i Alan Gross (center), recently freed after being held in Cuba, speaks with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly before the start of the State of the Union speech in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. At left is Judy Gross. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Rob Carr/Getty Images Alan Gross (center), recently
The U.S. Supreme Court has taken the rare step of reversing the lower courts in a death penalty case and, for all practical purposes, giving the defendant a chance to have his conviction and death sentence reviewed by the federal courts. In 1999, Mark Christeson was convicted of and sentenced to death for committing three
The NFL’s conference championships featured an instant classic between the Packers and Seahawks, as well as yet another accusation of cheating against the New England Patriots. ESPN’s Jane McManus goes over the day’s events with Robert Siegel. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/19/378409676/on-championship-sunday-a-blowout-a-scandal-brewing-and-a-game-for-the-ages?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
i i Lebanese Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of Jihad Mughniyeh during his funeral in Beirut on Monday. Mughniyeh was one of six ranking members of Hezbollah killed in a suspected Israeli strike Sunday. Iran says a general of its elite Revolutionary Guards was also killed. Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty
Rich German says he had been dreaming of getting a close look at orcas. That dream came true recently, as a pod of five orcas swam around — and even under — German while he stood on his paddle board off of Laguna Beach, Calif. The intimate sighting came after years in which German says
i i A Kaiser mental health worker with the National Union of Healthcare Workers looks through a pile of signs Monday during day one of a week-long demonstration outside of a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A Kaiser mental health worker with the National
i i Suzan Shown Harjo points to a signature on Treaty K at the National Archives. The document will be on display in 2016 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for an exhibit on treaties curated by Harjo. James Clark/NPR hide caption itoggle caption James Clark/NPR Suzan Shown Harjo points to a
i i Students walk past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house on the University of Virginia campus on December 6, 2014 in Charlottesville, Va. The fraternity was at the center of an explosive Rolling Stone article that the magazine later admitted had “discrepancies.” Jay Paul/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Jay Paul/Getty Images Students walk
i i Belgian paratroopers guard outside a Jewish school in the central city of Antwerp on Saturday, a day after authorities made several arrests of alleged Islamist extremists who they say were plotting attacks. Yves Herman/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption Yves Herman/Reuters/Landov Belgian paratroopers guard outside a Jewish school in the central city of Antwerp