White House Rules Out Participating In House Impeachment Inquiry Process
Democrats had offered to allow the president to have attorneys representing him at future impeachment hearings in the House. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
View ArticleGOP Rep. Hunter Says He Will Resign 'After The Holidays,' Days After Guilty Plea
The California Republican congressman's resignation marks a dramatic change in fortune for the son of a once-powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee. (Image credit: Gregory Bull/AP)
View ArticleWhy The Trump Decision To Delay Aid To Ukraine Is Under Scrutiny
There are lots of reasons U.S. foreign aid can be held up or frozen. There's even a law that governs the issue. But many experts say what happened over the summer with Ukraine is highly irregular....
View ArticleLos Angeles Jury Finds No Defamation In Elon Musk's 'Pedo Guy' Tweet
The Tesla CEO was embroiled in a Twitter spat with one of the rescuers of 12 boys and their soccer coach in Thailand last year. (Image credit: Mark J. Terrill/AP)
View ArticleTony And Emmy Award Winning Actor Ron Liebman Dies At 82
Liebman, who played a wide range of roles in films, the stage and television, is perhaps most popularly known for his role as the father of Jennifer Aniston's Rachel Green on Friends. (Image credit:...
View ArticlePG&E Announces $13.5 Billion Settlement Of Claims Linked To...
The utility hopes the settlement will help it emerge from bankruptcy proceedings by the end of the year. When it declared bankruptcy in January, the company faced potential liabilities of $30 billion....
View ArticleA Day For Shipbuilders: Caroline Kennedy Christens The USS John F. Kennedy
The ship's high-profile christening marks a day of recognition for the thousands of workers that have participated in the project over more than five years. (Image credit: Rebecca Feldhaus Adams/WHRO)
View ArticleDemocrats Are Going To Impeach Trump — Here's How They Might Do It
Democrats are going forward with impeachment against President Trump. During a hearing this week, they tipped their hand about the three articles they might bring forward. (Image credit: Pool/Getty...
View ArticleThis Is What It's Like To Be An Ebola Doctor Under Fire In Congo
Dr. Marie-Roseline Bélizaire says the United Nations is failing to keep its medical workers safe. (Image credit: Lindsay Mackenzie/WHO)
View ArticleAmerican Student Xiyue Wang Freed In U.S.-Iran Prisoner Swap
The Princeton graduate student held by Iran for three years was released Saturday in exchange for Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had been held in the United States. (Image credit: Patrick...
View ArticleMeet The Womanikin, The Breasted Vest Working To Close The CPR Gender Gap
Studies show women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men. A manikin sleeve with silicone breasts might be part of the solution. (Image credit: Alice Henshaw)
View ArticleBiden Doubles Down On Heated Town Hall Where He Called Voter A 'Damn Liar'
"The fact of the matter is, this guy stood up and he was, in fact, lying," Biden said in an interview Friday evening with NPR Morning Edition host Rachel Martin. (Image credit: KC McGinnis for NPR)
View ArticleIn A Warming Greenland, A Farming Family Adapts To Drought — And New...
Kunuk Nielsen and his brother Pilu grew up on a sheep farm in southern Greenland. Kunuk has decided to remain on the farm. Pilu gives helicopter tours to visitors, who are arriving in greater numbers....
View ArticleAs Impeachment Inquiry Moves Forward, Questions Around Pompeo Continue To Swirl
The questions surrounding what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo knew about the Ukraine affair reflect the outsized role he has assumed as one of the president's most influential advisers. (Image credit:...
View ArticlePensacola Gunman, Victims Identified
The Navy has named the three sailors killed in an attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday. The brother of one of the victims said that "he died a hero." (Image credit: Josh Brasted/Getty Images)
View ArticleSoupy Study: Minestrone Could Be A Secret Weapon Against Malaria
It all started when a London primary school asked children to bring in a plastic tube containing approximately one tablespoon of homemade soup. (Image credit: hmproudlove/Getty Images)
View ArticleAlaska Cod Fishery Closes And Industry Braces For Ripple Effect
Gulf of Alaska cod have been in steep decline due to rising ocean temperatures. Now, for the first time ever, federal fisheries managers are shutting down the lucrative fishery because of low stock....
View ArticleCandy Canals: Architects Craft Gingerbread Replica Of Venice
A competition brought hundreds of architects, designers and engineers together to build a mini version of the Italian city out of Snickers, Mars bars, Jellybeans, cereal, gummy bears and more. (Image...
View ArticleIn Alaska's Wilderness, A New Vision Of Higher Learning
The Arete Project in Southeast Alaska brings very different students from around the world together to learn from nature and each other, and earn college credit along the way. (Image credit: Lauren...
View ArticleColombia's Former Prison Island Gorgona Is Open For Tourists — And Snakes
Nature has taken over this onetime penal colony turned national park, surrounded by waters popular with divers for their sharks, rays and whales. A resort manager calls it a "mini-Galápagos." (Image...
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