President Bush today signed a five-year plan to triple the amount of US funding to globally fight AIDS. Mr. Bush called the 48-billion-dollar package the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history. HIV/AIDS is still...
Southern Californians have been dealing with more than two dozen aftershocks following a major earthquake that struck today. The quake caused buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles and triggered some precautionary evacuations. Los Angeles residen...
Senator John McCain had a small patch of skin removed from his face today. NPRs Joanne Silberner has more. The presumptive presidential nominee has already had four melanomas removed. Medical records he shared with the press indicate that all four w...
A man brandishing a shotgun walked into a church in Knoxville, Tennessee during a youth performance this morning and opened fire. One person was killed and eight others were wounded. All of the victims were adults. The gunman was tackled and subdued...
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved and sent to President Bush a landmark housing bill aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of American families avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. The vote came in a rare Saturday session as NPR's Brian Na...
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is criticizing his rival, Democrat Barack Obama, for bad judgement on Iraq. McCain says Obama opposed last year's surge of US troops sent to Iraq which has helped quell violence. McCain told an audience...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says Europe needs to help the United States stabilize Afghanistan. Obamas in Berlin where he gave a speech to tens of thousands of people. He says no country can solve challenges like terrorism alone. I...
The House of Representatives passed a bill today designed to deal with the housing crisis. It would authorize the Treasury Department to give unlimited credit to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for 18 months to keep the mortgage giants from collapsing. D...
Congressional budget analysts say a Bush administration plan to rescue mortgage backers, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, could cost the government up to 25 billion dollars. The House may vote on the rescue package as soon as tomorrow. NPR's Brian Naylor...
Serbias president says his forces have arrested a man long-sought by a UN war crimes tribunal. NPRs Michele Kelemen reports. According to a statement by President Boris Tadics office, Serbian security officials arrested former Bosnian Serb leader Ra...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama held what was called a working lunch with Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai in Kabul today. Obama says Afghanistan has not gotten enough attention because of what he called the distraction posed by th...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with US military commanders in eastern Afghanistan today, an area of escalating hostilities that he has said is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration. Obama made a stop en route...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's planned trip to the Middle East drew faint praise today from his Re:publican rival John McCain. Sarah Hulett of Michigan Radio reports. Senator McCain told an audience at a General Motors facility in...
The Food and Drug Administration has lifted its warning on eating fresh tomatoes. Officials say the salmonella outbreak is still ongoing, but varieties of tomatoes on the market now have been given the all-clear. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports. FDA of...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told members of the House Financial Services Committee today that inflation is too high and remains a top priority of the Federal Reserve. The Fed Chairman also acknowledged Americans are hurting whether o...
