One of this morning’s scoops, from The Wall Street Journal: “The Pentagon is building a missile-defense radar station at a secret site in Qatar and organizing its biggest-ever minesweeping exercises in the Persian Gulf, as preparations accelerate for a possible flare-up with Iran, according to U.S. officials.” And a related story, from The Associated Press: […]
Separate mass shootings at opposite ends of North America have left dozens wounded and at least two people dead. Late Monday evening in Toronto, two people were killed and at least 19 others wounded in a shooting that “Police Chief Bill Blair called the worst in the city’s history,” The Globe and Mail writes. It
Good morning. Our early headlines: — Drought In U.S. Now Worst Since 1956; Food Prices To Spike, Economy To Suffer. — Pentagon Is Prepping Defenses Against Iran, ‘Wall Street Journal’ Reports. — Mass Casualties After Shootings In Toronto And Tuscaloosa. Other stories making headlines: — “Court-Martial Begins In Texas Air Base Scandal.” (Morning Edition) —
Enlarge Orlin Wagner/AP Oil field workers drill into the Gypsum Hills near Medicine Lodge, Kan. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to coax out oil and gas has led to a natural gas boom, but some remain concerned of the potential environmental impact. Orlin Wagner/AP Oil field workers drill into the Gypsum Hills near Medicine Lodge, Kan.
Enlarge Peter Morrison/AP Irish Republican Army murals still loom over streets in West Belfast, where Jean McConville lived until she disappeared in 1972. Peter Morrison/AP Irish Republican Army murals still loom over streets in West Belfast, where Jean McConville lived until she disappeared in 1972. A legal showdown is evolving. It affects an American university,
Enlarge iStockphoto.com Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is important for gut health, especially in aging adults. iStockphoto.com Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is important for gut health, especially in aging adults. There’s no magic elixir for healthy aging, but here’s one more thing to add to the list: good gut health. A study
Enlarge Erika Beras Marcia Esters hopes charity will pay for dental work that Medicaid used to cover. Erika Beras Marcia Esters hopes charity will pay for dental work that Medicaid used to cover. Marcia Esters needs crowns fused to six of her bottom teeth and new dentures. But because of changes made to Medicaid in
Enlarge Guy Raz/NPR Equipment for transporting and housing coal sits idle in Cowen, W.Va. Since the natural gas boom, several mines in Webster County have either slowed or shut down operation, laying off hundreds of workers. Guy Raz/NPR Equipment for transporting and housing coal sits idle in Cowen, W.Va. Since the natural gas boom, several
Enlarge Kevork Djansezian/AP Actor Sylvester Stallone arrives at the world premiere of Daylight, with his girlfriend, Jennifer Flavin, and his son Sage Stallone, who co-stars in the film, in Los Angeles in 1996. Sage Stallone was found dead Friday at age 36. Kevork Djansezian/AP Actor Sylvester Stallone arrives at the world premiere of Daylight, with
Pam Fessler/NPR Support group members Pamela Travis (from left), Dominique Martin, Yovanda Dixon, Shanna Chaney and Ramona Shewl hold a meeting as part of the Family Independence Initiative. The Oakland nonprofit encourages low-income families to form small groups to help each other get ahead. It’s been almost 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson declared a
Enlarge Gero Breloer/AP Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, right, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, gestures next to Rabbi Avichai Appel, left, a board member of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany, during a news conference in Berlin, Germany on Thursday. Gero Breloer/AP Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, right, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, gestures next
The fate of Texas’ new voter ID law is now up to a three-judge federal panel in Washington, D.C. Lawyers for Texas and the Justice Department wrapped up five days of arguments in U.S. District Court Friday, with each side accusing the other of using deeply “flawed” data to show whether minorities would be unfairly