Murderabilia: 'Whitey' Bulger Items Go Up For Auction
Hundreds of items that once belonged to convicted mobster James "Whitey" Bulger are being auctioned off by the government, and the proceeds will go to his victims.
Hundreds of items that once belonged to convicted mobster James "Whitey" Bulger are being auctioned off by the government, and the proceeds will go to his victims.
The Brexit vote was largely divided along generational lines, with older voters wanting to leave the European Union. A conversation overheard on the London Underground illustrates this beautifully.
From the Brexit vote to a congressional sit-in about gun control, NPR senior editor and correspondent Ron Elving reviews the week in politics with NPR's Scott Simon.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Matt Frei, Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, about the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union and the impact on the continent's political future.
To avoid angering Turkey, some are loathe to describe the killing of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. Pope Francis, who's in Yerevan for the 100-year commemorations, is not shy about using the term.
Younger Britons overwhelmingly voted to stay in the European Union. NPR's Scott Simon talks to British novelist Chris Cleave about the reaction in London to the decision to leave.
It was once thought that evil resided inside the body. So murderers were dissected to find it. That macabre practice is the subject of a dark but funny new opera, "Anatomy Theatre."
"French Fries and Champagne" is The Hot Sardines' new album. Singer Elizabeth Bougerol and band leader Evan Palazzo tell NPR's Scott Simon Craigslist helped them turn their hobby into a music career.
Gun control advocates in Chicago, where gun violence has reached epidemic proportions, are energized by this week's sit-in by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Vladimir Putin said that Russian will provide the necessary support to China during it's G20 presidency.
Many people already seem to regret voting to leave the EU, and other countries have changed their minds about referendums before. All we need is a fresh democratic mandate
England fast bowler James Anderson is a doubt for the first Test against Pakistan after injuring his right shoulder.
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The Hubble Space Telescope stared deeply into a small galaxy not far from the Milky Way and saw something beautiful. A new photo taken by the long-lived telescope shows a brilliant cluster of stars embedded within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way 135,000 light-years away. SEE ALSO: A cold rain of gas is about to get devoured by a giant black hole The star cluster, named NGC 1854, is one of hundreds of star clusters of different kinds in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Читать дальше...
Security forces on Saturday busted a major module of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in south Kashmir`s Shopian district with the arrest of three militants of the outfit.
"Her victims each made the decision that restorative justice makes sense in this case," District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said.
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When Rachel Mayer left her job as a trader at JPMorgan, she realized just how good she’d had it with access to financial data.
Mayer left trading to pursue a master's in computer science, but she was still watching the markets, and wanted to invest her own money. The problem was that the tools she had relied to make investment decisions at JPMorgan were out of her reach, and those available to her as a civilian retail investor were limited (to put it politely).
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Cleveland celebrates a historic victory, a cool cat takes a ride, twin pandas make their debut and more.
Poland's Robert Lewandowski stops the ball during a training session at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, France, Friday, June 24, 2016. Poland will face Switzerland in a Euro 2016 round of sixteen soccer match in Saint-Etienne on Saturday, June…
Sarah Rajic has lived at her Macarthur home for three years but a strong smell from the nearby tip might force her out.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aroldis Chapman entered the game and threw eight straight pitches of 100 mph or higher, striking out Eduardo Escobar and Byung Ho Park, then getting ahead of Kurt Suzuki 0-2 in the count.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aroldis Chapman entered the game and threw eight straight pitches of 100 mph or higher, striking out Eduardo Escobar and Byung Ho Park, then getting ahead of Kurt Suzuki 0-2 in the count.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Donald Trump’s name to be removed due to what Mr. Erdogan termed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s Islamophobia.
It's a tough time to be an investment banker.
Global investment banking revenues stand at $31.4 billion in the first half of the year, according to preliminary figures from Dealogic. That's down 25% from a year ago, and the lowest first half total since 2010.
And really no country was spared. The map below shows the year-on-year change in investment banking revenue by country in the top 10 markets around the world.
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