The officers will be presented with the highest national recognition of its kind. They will be awarded the Public Safety Medal of Valor. Their stories are filled with bravery and selflessness.
Renee Montagne talks to Jared Fox, LGBT liaison for New York City's public schools. New York has had policies in place relating to transgender students for years.
Parts of a congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, which deal with foreign financing of the hijackers, remain classified — spurring speculation those pages cast Saudi Arabia in a bad light.
Kentucky Democrats vote in their primary on Tuesday. Oregon also holds a primary. Mary Louise Kelly talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts and Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker.
Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of one of Turkey's oldest newspapers, was attacked outside a court in Istanbul, before he was sentenced for revealing state secrets. Renee Montagne talks to Dundar.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick about his new book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution.
TOKYO - Japan's House of Representatives passes a 778 billion yen ($7.2 billion) supplementary budget for th...
We're On Your Side this morning with a traffic alert that will affect your commute in Columbia County starting Thursday.
A mineworker injured last week during a conveyor belt accident has since died, according to Royal Bafokeng Platinum.
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The Russian company’s market share in Mongolia stood at 80 percent
A law firm representing 100 exploited workers at 7-Eleven is seeking further commitments from the convenience store chain to ensure the confidentiality of workers.
Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s Higher Education Amendment Bill is to fight the thing tooth and nail, although at this stage of the nation’s intellectual decay, such action may be moot.
A 4WD has burst into flames after colliding with a truck on the Kwinana Freeway near Paganoni Road on Monday around midday.
Oil hits 2016 high after Goldman says market in deficit
Club faces £3m bill after season’s final fixture abandoned at Old Trafford ground
Libya’s divided oil officials have agreed to allow petroleum to flow again between the country’s east and west but have yet to end a crisis that is blocking exports.
Her gün PKK’yı aklayan haberleri ile kamuoyunun nefretini toplayan Cumhuriyet, Sol ve Birgün gazeteleri FETÖ’nün sosyal medyadaki tetikçilerini de arkasına alarak “Şehit cenazeleri varken düğün yapılır...Devamı için tıklayınız
India will have to renegotiate the tax treaty with Singapore to extend the capital gains tax provisions of the recently-concluded tax pact with Mauritius, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.
Biometrics such as face recognition and voice verification can make payments easier, but fears for security remain
The CIA inspector general’s office — the spy agency’s internal watchdog — has acknowledged it “mistakenly” destroyed its only copy of a mammoth Senate torture report at the same time lawyers for the Justice Department were assuring a federal judge that copies of the document were being preserved, Yahoo News has learned. Although other copies of the report exist, the erasure of the controversial document by the CIA office charged with policing agency conduct has alarmed the U.S. senator who oversaw... Читать дальше...
A limestone cliff in a nature preserve on Gotland’s west coast, Hogklint — like many of the island’s scenic spots — invites contemplation.
Norway's $850 billion oil fund is planning to sue Volkswagen AG over the car maker's emission-cheating scandal that triggered a recall of 11 million cars last year. The Norwegian fund -- the world's largest sovereign wealth fund -- said in a statement it will seek to join a class action lawsuit in Germany against VW, expected to be filed in coming weeks. "We have been advised by our lawyers that the company's conduct gives rise to legal claims under German law. As an investor it is our responsibility... Читать дальше...
Samer Qatrib and Hadya Yahia, Syrian Independent Media Group
GAZIANTEP, Turkey -- Syria's war is waged largely with bullets and bombs. But, there are other more subtle battles going on, too. One of these is in the classrooms.