i i hide captionAn Israeli tank advances near the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of Israel’s ground incursion in the territory. Israel launched the ground operation Thursday following more than a week of airstrikes that did not halt Palestinian rocket fire. Dusan Vranic/AP An Israeli tank advances near the Israel-Gaza Strip border on […]
i i hide captionAttorney General Eric Holder, seen here Monday, has supported changes in drug sentencing, but the Sentencing Commission went further than he preferred Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Attorney General Eric Holder, seen here Monday, has supported changes in drug sentencing, but the Sentencing Commission went further than he preferred Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP The U.S.
Residents of 860 homes have been told they should evacuate as a wildfire burns out of control in central Washington state. The Chiwaukum Creek Fire, believed to have been started by lightning and first detected on Tuesday, remains zero percent contained. It has now burned approximately 4,500 acres. The blaze, which is about 10 miles
i i hide captionConstruction workers repair the roof inside the isolation area at the Doctors Without Borders treatment center in Kailahun. Tommy Trenchard for NPR Construction workers repair the roof inside the isolation area at the Doctors Without Borders treatment center in Kailahun. Tommy Trenchard for NPR NPR’s Jason Beaubien is in Sierra Leone, covering
i i hide captionElaine Stritch performing her final engagement at the Cafe Carlyle in New York in 2013. Stritch performed a final series of concerts to bid farewell to New York last spring; she died in Michigan today. Walter McBride/The O M Company/AP Elaine Stritch performing her final engagement at the Cafe Carlyle in New
Robert Krulwich/NPR Forty-five years ago, this week, 123 million of us watched Neil and Buzz step onto the moon. In 1969, we numbered about 200 million, so more than half of America was in the audience that day. Neil Armstrong instantly became a household name, an icon, a hero. And then — and this, I
hide captionThe Escapade grounded on a rocky bottom off the Georgia coast early Wednesday U.S. Coast Guard The first passengers aboard a new casino boat turned out to have bad luck. The Escapade, operated by Florida-based Tradewinds Casino Cruise, set out on its maiden voyage out of Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday night. It ran aground
i i hide captionActress Viola Davis speaks about her new ABC show How To Get Away With Murder at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Los Angeles. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Actress Viola Davis speaks about her new ABC show How To Get Away With Murder at the Television Critics Association’s summer press
i i hide captionComcast is the largest cable company and home Internet service provider in the United States. Matt Rourke/AP Comcast is the largest cable company and home Internet service provider in the United States. Matt Rourke/AP When a customer service call is described as “Kafkaesque” and “hellish,” you pretty much know how it’s going
i i hide captionAn image from the Six Californias website shows the proposed borders of its plan to slice the state into areas that the plan’s backers say would be more manageable. Six Californias An image from the Six Californias website shows the proposed borders of its plan to slice the state into areas that
The new documentary, produced by Jeb Bush Jr., explores the topic of immigration reform through the lives of undocumented students who win an underwater robotics competition. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/07/15/331681121/in-underwater-dreams-robotics-team-puts-lens-on-immigration-debate?ft=1&f=1001
i i hide captionGordimer, shown here in 2006, died in her sleep Sunday at home in Johannesburg. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AP Gordimer, shown here in 2006, died in her sleep Sunday at home in Johannesburg. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AP Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel Prize-winning author famed for her portrayals of South Africa under apartheid, died Sunday, her family said