It’s been two weeks since pro-democracy protestors took to the streets in Hong Kong. NPR’s Arun Rath speaks with Lily Kuo of the website Quartz for an update and whether negotiations with the government will resume. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/10/04/353743559/pro-democracy-unrest-continues-in-hong-kong?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
October brings the peak of the autumn foliage season in many U.S. states, drawing both tourists and camera lenses. Thanks to the NPR community, we’ve collected a few photos that are worth taking a break from the news to stare at. The photos were taken in a variety of states — except, of course, those
i i Black smoke from an apparent shelling of the International airport rising into the sky while standing near a railway building, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday. PHOTOMIG/EPA/Landov hide caption itoggle caption PHOTOMIG/EPA/Landov Black smoke from an apparent shelling of the International airport rising into the sky while standing near a railway building, in Donetsk,
NOTE: THE WEBCAST HAS CONCLUDED. WE WILL BE POSTING HIGHLIGHTS. Ebola has become a worldwide crisis that has now reached into the United States. Today at 12:30 p.m., four experts will discuss the virus that has made headlines since the first case was documented in March. They will look at the reasons that one case
i i David Tennant, left, and Anna Gunn star in the Fox TV crime drama, Gracepoint. Ed Araquel/Fox TV hide caption itoggle caption Ed Araquel/Fox TV David Tennant, left, and Anna Gunn star in the Fox TV crime drama, Gracepoint. Ed Araquel/Fox TV Even though some TV critics hate Fox’s new crime drama Gracepoint, you
i i “Who does Washington work for?” asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., after her bill that would let people refinance student debt was shot down in June. It was a question she came back to repeatedly in an NPR interview on the Goldman Sachs bailout and federal regulation of the financial sector. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
i i Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, speaks to a group of supporters at a rally in support of Kentucky Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes in June. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption itoggle caption Timothy D. Easley/AP Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, speaks to a group of supporters at a rally in support of Kentucky
i i Protesters shout slogans outside a flag-raising ceremony that Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, attended in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption itoggle caption Vincent Yu/AP Protesters shout slogans outside a flag-raising ceremony that Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, attended in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Vincent
i i Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations near the peak of Mt. Ontake, on Wednesday. KYODO/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption KYODO/Reuters/Landov Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations near the peak of Mt. Ontake, on Wednesday. KYODO/Reuters/Landov The number of dead from a volcanic eruption in Japan
i i Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations near the peak of Mt. Ontake, on Wednesday. KYODO/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption KYODO/Reuters/Landov Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations near the peak of Mt. Ontake, on Wednesday. KYODO/Reuters/Landov The number of dead from a volcanic eruption in Japan
A human rights group reports that Islamic State militants in a Kurdish area of northern Syria have beheaded seven men and three women as part of an apparent campaign to quell resistance to the group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the ten people, including four Syrian rebels, were detained and then beheaded on
A human rights group reports that Islamic State militants in a Kurdish area of northern Syria have beheaded seven men and three women as part of an apparent campaign to quell resistance to the group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the ten people, including four Syrian rebels, were detained and then beheaded on