A Moment Of Silence To Remember Newtown Victims
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It is raining in Newtown, Connecticut, where people observed a moment of silence seven days to the minute after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School....
View ArticleWhat Does Senate Budget Deal Mean For You?
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm David Greene.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Happy New Year.Let's start with the upside. Congress has...
View ArticleHow Do gun Bans Affect Violent Crime Rates?
On Monday, Morning Edition explored crime rates in Chicago and how the murder rate went up in 2012. That was against national trends and even against Chicago's long-range decline in crime. We discussed...
View ArticleBaseball Writers Vote For No Hall Of Fame Candidates
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Baseball writers send a message when they vote for candidates for the Hall of Fame, both in who they select and in who they pass up. And for the first time since 1996,...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Enacts New Anti-Doping Policies
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Major League Baseball has enacted new anti-doping policies that are being described as unprecedented in American professional sports. Yesterday, Major League Baseball...
View ArticleGen. John Allen Cleared In Email Probe
A Pentagon investigation has cleared General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. The Pentagon had been looking into whether the general's email correspondence with a Florida socialite...
View ArticlePolitics In The News
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.We have a clearer picture this morning of just what an immigration...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi Declares State Of Emergency
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared a state of emergency after a deadly bout of violence over the weekend left at least 50 dead in three cities the Suez Canal.
View ArticleSyria Accuses Israel Of Bombing Its Military Facility
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's sort through what we know and do not know about Israel's reported airstrike on Syria. Syrian officials, the government of Bashar al-Assad, have affirmed that...
View ArticleEx-LAPD Officer, Who Vowed Revenge, Suspected In Murders
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep.It's been a tense 24 hours in Southern California. The...
View ArticleVatican Is Without Sitting Pope
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. In Italy the papacy is officially vacant. The...
View ArticleVenezuela To Display Chavez Body For Perpetuity
Funeral services will be held Friday for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died this week after a long battle with cancer. Dozens of presidents and dignitaries are in Caracas, including the leaders...
View ArticlePakistani Advocate For The Poor Slain By Gunmen
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Gunmen killed a woman in Pakistan yesterday. The news stories about this were formulaic for Pakistan, she was killed in a customary manner by assassins on motorcycles...
View ArticleSelection Sunday Sets NCAA Tournament Brackets
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK. The field is set for the NCAA Division One men's basketball tournament. Top seeds include Kansas, Louisville, Indiana and Gonzaga. The team previously known for its...
View ArticleWhen Pitching The Common Good Is Bad
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When President Obama recently called for stricter gun control laws, he started out by saying this.(SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH)PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is the land of the...
View ArticleInstallation Mass Launches Pope Francis' Papacy
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep.(SOUNDBITE OF BELLS RINGING)INSKEEP: That's the sound of bells in...
View ArticlePentagon May Take Over Drone Program From CIA
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.We're learning this morning of a possible change in the...
View ArticleHugo Chavez's Legacy Looms Over Venezuelan Election
Morning Edition is in Venezuela ahead of Sunday's vote to elect a successor to the late President Hugo Chavez. Interim President Nicolas Maduro is running as Chavez's heir apparent. The opposition...
View ArticleHow Hugo Chavez's Policies Affected Ordinary Venezuelans
In the days before elevators, there was no such thing as a penthouse on the top floor. The highest floors of a building had cheaper rents because the stairs were hard to climb.Caracas, Venezuela, is...
View ArticleVenezuelan Humorist Engages Kidnappers In Election Dialogue
Earlier this week in Caracas, we were about to go to an interview when it had to be rescheduled. The man we were going to speak with was unavoidably detained — kidnapped, to be precise.It took awhile...
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