It is rare for a world leader to be tried in criminal court while still serving in office, and that's what happened today in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the opening of his long-awaited corruption trial....
A plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed into a residential neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, a few hours ago. Domestic flights in the country had been grounded because of coronavirus. They were allowed to start back up a week ago. NPR's Diaa Hadi...
The number of Americans who have died from the coronavirus now approaches 100,000. President Trump threatens to override governors who refuse to reopen religious houses of worship and once again contradicts guidance on coronavirus precautions from th...
Democrats say the $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill that was approved last week in the House ismeant to meet the needs of everyday Americans. Republicans say that same bill is a partisanattempt to enact a longstanding wish list of Democrats' policy pr...
Cleanup has begun in coastal India and Bangladesh after a cyclone that killed more than 80 people. Winds hit 115 miles per hour. Here's NPR's Lauren Frayer. 一场气旋致印度和孟加拉国80余人死亡，目前沿海地区已开始进行清理工...
President Trump is threatening to cut all U.S. funding to the World Health Organization permanently and possibly withdraw from the agency altogether. The president says the WHO has been complicit with China in covering up vital information about the...
Former President Barack Obama leveled some of his sharpest public criticism towards President Trump this weekend. Obama was addressing graduates of historically black colleges and universities during a virtual commencement. 美国前总统巴拉克奥巴...
This is weekend edition from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. 这里是NPR新闻周末版。我是斯科特西蒙。 The Trump administration is ousting the inspector general of the State Department. News broke of Steve Linick's firing late last night. Dem...
Rick Bright alleges that the White House would not listen to him. Today he testifies before a House committee that says it will. Bright used to run a top federal health agency. He says he warned about the pandemic early to no effect. He says he warne...
We've talked about the huge debt relief bills Congress has approved. To finance them, the Treasury says it will borrow $3 trillion in the April-May-June quarter. That is six times the amount borrowed in the previous quarter. So where's all the money...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has changed course by outlining a road map for Britain to start opening back up. But leaders in the rest of the United Kingdom say not so fast. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the word is still stay put a...
As the days go by, it can be hard to keep track of just how long we've been in lockdown. In California, the first state to issue stay-at-home orders, it's been almost eight weeks. But parts of the country are now taking the first steps towards reopen...
The unemployment rate in the United States is now at 14.7%, the worst since the Great Depression. Women, Hispanics and African Americans are especially hard-hit. Hospitality and retail are two sectors that see especially sharp decline. William Rodger...
Yesterday, the Department of Justice reversed one of the most high-profile cases in the Mueller investigation. Michael Flynn served as President Trump's first national security adviser. He pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts w...
Today, a Georgia man named Ahmaud Arbery would have turned 26 years old. In February, he was shot and killed while he was jogging. A father and son have now been arrested. They've been charged with murder and aggravated assault. And the director of t...
