Jury Selection Begins In Trial Of Notorious Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’
Mexico’s biggest drug trafficker is being charged with worldwide drug trafficking, money laundering and murder. The trial has been decades in the making and is being billed as one of the biggest in the U.S.
U.S. Unilaterally Reinstates Sanctions On Iran In Attempt To Change Its Behavior
The Trump administration says it will be relentless with its sanctions against Iran until it’s a “normal country,” but still giving major importers of Iranian oil a chance to continue business without penalties.
Investigators Working To Piece Together What Happened At Florida Yoga Studio Shooting
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Tallahassee Democrat reporter Karl Etters about Friday’s shooting at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Fla., that left two dead and five others wounded.
Latino Voters Discuss Their Hopes And Fears Ahead Of Election Day
Latino voters lean heavily toward Democrats, and are expected to do so this year as President Trump has used immigration and dangers posed by immigrants as a way to motivate his supporters to vote.
How The Issue Of Immigration Could Impact Tennessee’s U.S. Senate Race
Ahead of Election Day, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Scott Golden, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, about the U.S. senate race and why immigration has become such a hot-button issue.
Cancer Society Executive Resigns Amid Upset Over Corporate Partnerships
The American Cancer Society’s fund-raising alliances with Herbalife and others have stirred concerns, and influenced the departure of its chief medical officer.
Nearly 80 Children Abducted From A School In Cameroon
The children were taken from a Presbyterian school near the northwestern city of Bamenda, which has been the center of a Anglophone separatist movement marked by violence since late 2016.
Justices Seem to Support Virginia’s Uranium Mining Ban
The case concerns a clash between a federal law that oversees uranium production and a state moratorium that by its terms addresses only extraction.
Trump Suggests Ad With False Claim Has Been ‘Effective’
President Trump responded to a reporter’s question about whether a controversial midterm campaign ad focusing on immigration was offensive, saying that “a lot of things are offensive.”
Patron of the past: The Jordanian duke who’s preserving the soul of the Levant
Jordan’s first and only duke has played many roles in his life – often on the very same day – but there is one he cherishes: promoter and preserver of Jordan’s heritage. Born Mamdouh Bisharat to one of the kingdom’s wealthiest landowning families, the…
Barnstorming with Trump in the ultimate campaign prop: Air Force One
The view from Air Force One as we approached Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport was breathtaking: snow-capped mountains, low-hanging clouds, farms dotting the valleys. As we landed, we could see the brightly lit rally site – an airport hangar. …
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