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Tim Bergling, aka Avicii.
(Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images for CBS Radio Inc.)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Electronic dance music superstar Avicii dies at 28

No cause of death was given.

9 years ago

In this Friday, April 13, 2018, photo, the Waldos, from left, Mark Gravitch, Larry Schwartz, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel and Steve Capper sit on a wall they used to frequent at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif. Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a celebration and homage to pot’s enduring and universal slang for smoking. And the five Northern California high school stoner buddies widely credited with creating the shorthand slang for getting high nearly 50 years ago now serve as the day's unofficial grand masters.  (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

High holiday: 4/20 traces roots to these high school stoners

The Oxford English Dictionary added 420 to its lexicon last year.

9 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delco man sentenced to 30 years for hiding warlord past

A federal judge has sentenced Mohammed Jabbateh to 30 years in prison for lying to U.S. immigration officials about being a brutal warlord during Liberia's first civil war.

9 years ago

Listen 1:46
Cuban President Raul Castro waves to the room as First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Castro's handpicked successor, claps at the National Assembly session Wednesday in Havana. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

With end of Castro era in sight, Cuba prepares to pass power to new generation

For the first time since the Cuban revolution, the island nation will hail a leader outside the Castro family.

9 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Watch: President Trump hosts news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Abe

The joint press conference begins at 6 p.m.

9 years ago

In this Saturday, April 14, 2018 file photo, UN vehicles carrying the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at hotel hours after the U.S., France and Britian launched an attack on Syrian facilities for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. The OPCW has been thrust once again into the international limelight by a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain and allegations of a chemical bombardment on the Syrian city of Douma. It is now attempting to investigate, but its experts have not yet been able to visit the scene. (Bassem Mroue/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

UN team fired on at suspected Syria chemical attack site

Gunmen shot at the U.N. team in Douma on Tuesday and detonated an explosive.

9 years ago

Goat head made of copper alloy, shell and stone, 2475-2300 BCE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Penn Museum opens new Middle East gallery

The Penn Museum has greatly expanded its Middle East gallery, the first part of a building-wide renovation.

9 years ago

People pass by the Google logo at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 8. Europe's new data privacy rules go into effect May 25. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Europe’s new online privacy rules could protect U.S. users too

What counts as "personal" won't just be attributes like race, height, weight and religion, but also an individual's IP address or browsing history.

9 years ago

President Trump has continually called out China for its high tariffs and barriers to entry. But China isn't alone in zealously protecting its domestic auto market.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

German chickens, pickup trucks, and de-escalating the U.S.-China trade war

U.S. trade officials are pressing China about the barriers to their market.

9 years ago

A U.N. convoy carrying aid enters Douma, a besieged town in eastern Ghouta, Syria in March. (Mouneb Taim /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Syria systematically harasses medical aid convoys

It's part of the Syrian government's larger strategy to control the flow of aid to conflict zones.

9 years ago

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Barzeh, near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. A Syrian military statement said in all, 110 missiles were fired by the U.S., Britain and France and that most of them were shot down or derailed. Russia's military said Syrian air defense units downed 71 out of 103 cruise missiles launched by the U.S. and its allies. (SANA via AP)
Politics & Policy

Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

The Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians.

9 years ago

President Trump speaks to the nation Friday, announcing allied military action against Syria. (Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Syria is latest test for President Trump’s foreign policy

For the second time in just over a year, Trump ordered airstrikes on Syrian targets.

9 years ago

Syrians wave the national flag and portraits of President Bashar Assad as they gather at the Omayyad Square in Damascus on Saturday to condemn the U.S.-led airstrikes. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russia calls Syria strikes ‘danger to world peace’ while U.S. allies praise attack

Russian officials condemned the U.S.-led airstrikes on three sites in Syria early Saturday.

9 years ago

The Damascus sky lights up missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syria's capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Explosions rock Syrian capital as Trump announces strikes

The U.S. president said the U.S. is prepared to "sustain" pressure on Assad.

9 years ago

A medical worker at a Damascus hospital holds a sign protesting a suspected chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital a year ago. The suspected attacks led the U.S. to fire a barrage of missiles at a Syrian air base on April 7, 2017. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

5 questions about Syria and chemical weapons

9 years ago

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