The major US stock indexes were all up more than 2% at one point on news of positive development from today's debt crisis emergency talks. Among the heads of France, Germany and Greece, the subject of the teleconference. As Eleanor Beardsley reports,...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The White House says President Obama will continue to press his case for a new jobs bill every day and challenge congressional Republicans if they fail to act on the measure. NPR's Scott Horsley report...
Stocks have opened mixed on Wall Street. The stock prices are down sharply on overseas markets amid new concern that Greece may be edging toward a default and that the European debt crisis might spread to that region's banks. NPR's Paul Brown joins u...
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when four hijacked planes crashed in three places in the US. The remembrances began in New York, where the first and then the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. President Obama was there this...
The Flight 93 National Memorial was dedicated today near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the United 93 plane crashed on September 11th, 2001. Its believed the men who hijacked the plane planned to crash in Washington, but they were stopped by some o...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. President Obama has kicked off his three-day bus tour of the Midwest with a broadside against not only the Republican Party as a whole but the field of GOP candidates. Mr. Obama to stop in Minnesota and la...
President Obama is expected to call for hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax cuts and government spending tonight in an effort to boost the creation of jobs and bring down the nation's high unemployment rate. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the pre...
A mass shooting at a restaurant in Carson city, Nevada this morning reportedly is blamed for at least three deaths and a number of injuries. We have the latest from NPR's Ted Robbins. Witnesses say a man drove up to an IHOP in a strip mall this morni...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The chant four more years erupts throughout President Obama's speech in Detroit today. He touted the success of a 2009 federal bailout for the largest automakers that he says helps save millions of jobs...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. President Obama is touring New Jersey today, seeing the effects of Hurricane Irene. He comforted a Wayne resident whose home was damaged by last weekend's storm. Are you OK? I'm so sorry. We will be here...
Forecasters are spending another weekend keeping a watch on tropical weather. Tropical storm Lee has stalled along the Gulf Coast. And while the sun has been shining for some of today, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says its not shining now. He say...
The US market is getting jolted by today's weakest jobs report in the year with major indexes sliding more than 2%. Before the close on Wall Street, the Dow was down 251 points at 11,242; NASDAQ was off 66 points or 2.5% at 2,480; and the SP 500 down...
The number of Americans to file new unemployment claims is down again for the first time in three weeks. NPR's Giles Snyder has the latest from the Labor Department, which says first time applications fell by 12,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 409,000....
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. A blackhawk helicopter airlifts more supplies to the most flooded areas of Vermont where people are becoming increasingly desperate. Its been days since about a dozen communities were cut off from the ra...
