Safety Regulator Looks At Alleged Tesla Suspension Flaw
Tesla says its cars' suspension systems have no safety problems, and the electric automaker calls an allegation that it has pressured customers not to report safety problems "preposterous."The National...
View ArticleEconomic Asteroids! No Interest Rate Hike Expected From Fed Yet
Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday will tell the world their latest plans for raising interest rates. The goal is to keep the economy on track. And right now, that is not an easy thing.Members...
View ArticleDalai Lama Meets With President Obama; China Objects
The Dalai Lama, visiting the White House today, offered President Obama condolences for the Orlando shootings.The president and the Tibetan spiritual leader also talked about issues facing Tibetans...
View ArticleA Million-Mom Army And A Billionaire Take On The NRA
Yesterday on Capitol Hill, Tina Meins and other survivors of gun violence joined Democratic senators to push for tougher gun control laws. In the San Bernardino mass killing last year, Meins' father...
View ArticleJury Gives 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer A Death Sentence
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. preyed upon prostitutes and drug addicts in Los Angeles in a string of murders going back to the 1980s. Prosecutors said he dumped the bodies in trash bins and alleyways. He...
View ArticleMixed Martial Arts Fighter Kimbo Slice Dies At 42
The world of mixed martial arts has suffered a heavy blow with the unexpected death of one of its best known athletes. Kimbo Slice, whose given name was Kevin Ferguson, reportedly died Monday of...
View ArticleOh, Non! McDonald's Stickup In France Foiled By Special Forces Eating There
When two armed men burst into a McDonald's in Besancon, France, on Sunday, it's safe to say they chose the wrong fast-food franchise for a stickup. French police say the men in their 20s fired a...
View ArticleBillionaire Investor George Soros Sees Economic Trouble Ahead
Why should anybody care that billionaire George Soros is trading again and making big bets that will pay off if economies around the world fall on harder times?When the 85-year-old hedge fund founder...
View ArticleSafety Regulator Looks At Alleged Tesla Suspension Flaw
Tesla says its cars' suspension systems have no safety problems, and the electric-auto maker calls an allegation that it has pressured customers not to report safety problems "preposterous."The...
View ArticleEconomic Asteroids! No Interest Rate Hike Expected From Fed Yet
Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday will tell the world their latest plans for raising interest rates. The goal is to keep the economy on track. And right now, that is not an easy thing.Members...
View ArticleDalai Lama Meets With President Obama; China Objects
The Dalai Lama, visiting the White House today, offered President Obama condolences for the Orlando shootings.The president and the Tibetan spiritual leader also talked about issues facing Tibetans...
View ArticleA Million-Mom Army And A Billionaire Take On The NRA
Yesterday on Capitol Hill, Tina Meins and other survivors of gun violence joined Democratic senators to push for tougher gun control laws. In the San Bernardino mass killing last year, Meins' father...
View ArticleJustice Department Drops Fraud Case Against Countrywide's Mozilo
The Justice Department has decided not to pursue a civil fraud case against Angelo Mozilo. Mozilo's lawyer David Seigel tells NPR that the Justice Department informed him that it has closed its...
View ArticleThe Big Costco Credit Card Switcheroo
Updated 7 p.m. ET June 29 with this clarification:Initial reports on June 20, when Costco said it would switch the type of credit card it would accept, said the new cards would not have roadside...
View ArticleThe Return Of The King: LeBron Brings NBA Trophy Home To Cleveland
Surrounded by his teammates just a few steps off the airplane, LeBron James hoisted the NBA championship trophy and bellowed out a happy roar to a crowd of 20,000 screaming fans. J.R. Smith appeared to...
View ArticleCalifornia's Last Nuclear Power Plant To Be Shut Down
The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down by 2025. The plan was announced today by the power utility operating the plant, along with labor and environmental groups.With its two nuclear...
View ArticleDisgraced Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Reports To Prison
Dennis Hastert, the once-powerful Republican lawmaker, reported to federal prison today to begin serving a 15-month sentence.The case against Hastert involved hush money he paid to cover up his sexual...
View ArticleSoccer Shocker: Lionel Messi Says He's Retiring From Argentina's National Team
Lionel Messi says it's over. He's retiring from Argentina's national team.After losing three previous Copa America finals, Lionel Messi on Sunday night had another chance to win. Argentina and Chile...
View Article'Future Shock' Author Alvin Toffler Dies at 87
Alvin Toffler, the author whose celebrated 1970 book Future Shock examined the danger and promise of the accelerating pace of change in society, died in his sleep Monday in Los Angeles. He was 87.At...
View ArticleUniversity Employees Sue Yale, MIT And NYU Over Retirement Plan Fees
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit GREENE, HOST: Several of the nation's most prestigious universities were sued yesterday by their own employees. MIT, Yale and NYU are facing class-action lawsuits...
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