BP and the federal government are still not saying whether they plan to go ahead with the test that could shut down the well that's spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. More details from NPR's Richard Harris. BP had planned to start the test yesterda...
A bill making sweeping changes to the country's financial regulations could move to a final vote in the Senate this week. Democrats have cobbled together 60 votes with the help of a handful of Republicans to overcome a filibuster. Tributes are pourin...
BP is close to putting a new cap on the damaged well that's been spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf since April's rig explosion. NPR's Richard Harris tells us the new cap has valves that might be able to stop the flow. The new cap could...
BP says it's making progress today on an undersea operation to install a new containment cap on its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday, the company removed a cap as part of a plan to place a tighter-fitting cover over the well that can c...
Engineers using undersea robots have removed the containment cap on BP's gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The next step is to replace the cap with one that fits better. That will allow all of the oil to be funneled to tankers on the surface. B...
The Justice Department is confirming the biggest spy swap since the Cold War in a case that the Associated Press reports the White House started deliberating nearly a month ago. Ten confessed Russian agents deported from the US arrived in Moscow toda...
The AP is reporting all ten people accused of spying for Russia pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom at this hour. The hearing is expected to spur the largest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War. Officials tell NPR the ten will be swapped for sp...
An oppressive combination of heat and humidity continues across the Northeast today. NPR's Tovia Smith reports it's setting records, stressing power grids and sending some to the hospital. Temperatures topped 100 from the nation's capital all the way...
The leaders of the US and Israel are pledging unwavering support for each other after their latest meeting at the White House today. President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deny relations have been strained in recent months. We have the...
Much of the East Coast has steeped in a prolonged heatwave that could reach historic levels in some areas. Forecasters are predicting triple-digit temperatures that, they say, could cause a dangerous situation. In New York, Emergency Management Commi...
