Enlarge image i Standing near the Remington Arms factory, Beth Neale, deputy mayor of Ilion, N.Y., says she’s watched a lot of large manufacturers leave the region. She’s not sure Ilion would easily recover from losing Remington. Marie Cusick for NPR Standing near the Remington Arms factory, Beth Neale, deputy mayor of Ilion, N.Y., says […]
Enlarge image i President Obama is officially sworn in Sunday by Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House. Next to Obama are first lady Michelle Obama, holding the Robinson Family Bible, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha. Larry Downing/AP President Obama is officially sworn in Sunday by Chief Justice John
More bodies have been reported found at the gas plant in Algeria where a four-day standoff with Islamist militants came to a bloody end on Saturday. An Algerian security official tells the AP that the state of the bodies makes it difficult to tell whether the dead are hostages or attackers. The standoff ended Saturday,
Enlarge image i Chelsea Clinton makes cards with 8-year-old Addison Rose on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday as part of the National Day of Service events. Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is the honorary chair of the National Day of Service. Steve Helber/AP Chelsea
Enlarge image i People gather Friday outside a hospital in eastern Algeria as they try to get information on those wounded during a military raid on a gas plant where Islamic extremists were holding hostages. Anis Belghoul/AP People gather Friday outside a hospital in eastern Algeria as they try to get information on those wounded
Algerian special forces stormed a gas installation where militants were holding several hostages on Saturday, according to Algeria’s state media. The reports, which could not be verified by NPR, say 11 militants and seven hostages were killed during what is being described as a final assault to end the four-day standoff. The Algerian Press Service
Hannah and Marty eat watermellon snacks at the Save the Chimps sanctuary. Save the Chimps Retirees flock to Florida — and the Sunshine State even has a retirement home for chimpanzees. There, chimps live in small groups on a dozen man-made islands. Each 3-acre grassy island has palm trees and climbing structures, and is surrounded
On Friday, Morning Edition wraps up its weeklong look at the growing number of people who say they do not identify with a religion. The final conversation in the Losing Our Religion series picks up on a theme made clear throughout the week: Young adults are drifting away from organized religion in unprecedented numbers. In
Enlarge image i Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o talks after he received a sportsmanship award from the Awards and Recognition Association, Nov. 29, 2012, in South Bend, Ind. Joe Raymond/AP Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o talks after he received a sportsmanship award from the Awards and Recognition Association, Nov. 29, 2012, in South Bend, Ind.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the U.S. fleet of Boeing 787 planes to be grounded, citing an incident in Japan earlier today in which one of the jet’s batteries emitted smoke. The Japanese report came a week after a similar incident occurred in Boston. The FAA says that its safety directive will also likely
Enlarge image i The White House Eliciting an official response to your petition just got tougher. The White House now requires a petition on its We the People platform to get 100,000 signatures within 30 days in order to get an official response. When We the People went live in September 2011, a White House
Enlarge image i State Senator Jeff Klein (L-R), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy and Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins congratulate New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after he signed the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act on Tuesday. Hans Pennink/Reuters/Landov State Senator Jeff Klein (L-R), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy