Enlarge Daniel Estrin for NPR Most of the year, Israel permits relatively few Palestinians to visit. But over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, 1.2 million Palestinians were allowed in. Here, a mother and son wait to enter at the Qalandia checkpoint, which separates the West Bank and Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin for NPR Most of […]
Hide caption Powers walks past a tree chamber. Researchers say drought-stressed trees appear to start consuming their own carbon stores. Last of a five-part series The droughts that have parched big regions of the country are killing forests. In the arid Southwest, the body count is especially high. Besides trying to keep wildfires from burning
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Neil Armstrong testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee about human space flight on Capitol Hill September 22, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Armstrong died on Saturday. He was 82. It was the kind of history that ignites the imagination of humanity. On July 20, 1969, hundreds of millions of people
In what was billed the “patent trial of the century,” Apple emerged victorious in its fight against Samsung. A federal grand jury in San Jose, Calif. quickly worked through a 20-page verdict form, finding that Samsung violated many of Apple’s patents, handing the Cupertino tech behemoth a major victory and a little more than $1
Enlarge Courtesy of Provo City Hall An urban garden at City Hall. Courtesy of Provo City Hall An urban garden at City Hall. For four years now several of our city planners here in Provo City have been growing a garden in their spare time. Did I mention that they’re growing the garden on the
Courtesy of SFTR Teacher Carrie Sanderson in her classroom at El Dorado Elementary school in Visitation Valley, San Francisco. The San Francisco Teacher Residency recruits and prepares teachers who are able to improve equity and achievement — in math, science and bilingual Spanish — for historically under-served students in that city’s highest-needs schools. A cooperative
With “green on blue” attacks by Afghans in uniform increasingly in the news, Americans officials are being asked whether the people of Afghanistan are turning against the coalition troops that have been in the Central Asian nation since late 2001. Corporal David R. Hernandez/3rd Battalion 5th Marines-RCT 2 U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company I,
Enlarge Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigns with his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, on Saturday in The Villages, Fla. The Mitt Romney campaign has created an ad from the event. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan campaigns with his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, on Saturday in The Villages, Fla. The
Enlarge A. Kalus/CDC Along with a tattoo, this person got an infection. A. Kalus/CDC Along with a tattoo, this person got an infection. If you’re going to take a walk on the wild side and get a tattoo, it could get even wilder than you planned. Federal and state health investigators have identified five clusters
Enlarge Justin Sullivan/Getty Images More of these sorts of signs are popping up (November 2011 file photo from San Rafael, Calif.). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images More of these sorts of signs are popping up (November 2011 file photo from San Rafael, Calif.). A 2.3 percent increase in sales of previously owned homes in July from June
More Latino students are enrolling in college now than ever before, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center. But Latinos still lag behind other groups in preparing for and completing college. Guest host Viviana Hurtado discusses the report’s findings with Richard Fry of the Pew Hispanic Center and the College Board’s Jim Montoya.
Enlarge Paul Sakuma/AP Emilie Weideman and her father, Marc Weideman, of Fremont, Calif., use FaceTime after purchasing the new device in June 2010. Paul Sakuma/AP Emilie Weideman and her father, Marc Weideman, of Fremont, Calif., use FaceTime after purchasing the new device in June 2010. ATT is on the defensive today, saying that its decision