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In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, a Hawaii Civil Defense Warning Device, which sounds an alert siren during natural disasters, is seen in Honolulu. (Caleb Jones/AP)
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Community

‘This Is Not A Drill’: A false ballistic missile alert shakes Hawaii

FCC is launching full investigation into false alert in Hawaii.

8 years ago

Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador on May 19, 2017, in London. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Ecuador grants citizenship to Julian Assange, who lives in London embassy

Assange, who is Australian, first sought refuge at the embassy more than five years ago.

8 years ago

Iranian worshippers walk past a painting of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and Basij paramilitary force members, at the conclusion of a Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Officials: Iran deal survives, Trump to waive sanctions

The sanctions deal with Iran's central bank.

8 years ago

Pedestrian cross a rail line in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. Africans were shocked on Friday to find President Donald Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. But it wasn't what people had hoped for. Using vulgar language, Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and
Politics & Policy

Africa startled by Trump’s sudden and vulgar attention

The African Union continental body told The Associated Press it was "frankly alarmed" by Trump's comments.

8 years ago

The House on Thursday agreed to reauthorize a controversial spying bill after President Trump — whose administration supports it — blasted the measure on Twitter. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Controversial spy law passes house after shots from Trump, who then supported it

A controversial spying law survived in the House after a kerfuffle on Thursday.

8 years ago

On Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., released testimony that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee. She released the material without coordinating with committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How the Fusion GPS founder’s testimony fits in the Russia saga

The infamous dossier was not the sole basis for the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump's ties to Russia.

8 years ago

Demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles last week.
NPR
Courts & Law

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA

A federal judge in California late Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

8 years ago

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myung-gyun, (left), shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son Gwon after their meeting at the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on Tuesday. (AFP Photo / Korea pool/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North and South Korea reach breakthroughs in first high-level talks in 2 years

Cocooned by cameras, North Korea's negotiating team crossed the border Tuesday by foot.

8 years ago

A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.
Courts & Law

Israel closes door to Philly Quaker group, other organizations advocating boycott

Israeli officials said they are defending their country's right to exist and will continuing fighting efforts to “delegitimtize” it.

8 years ago

These are some of the books from the study. (From left) The Cat That Eats Letters by Ge Jing; The Foolish Old Man Who Removed The Mountain by Cai Feng; The Jar of Happiness by Aisla Burrows. (Shandong Education Press; Shanghai people's Fine Arts Publishing House; Child's Play International)
NPR
Lifestyle

What’s the difference between children’s books in China and the U.S.?

What are the hidden messages in the storybooks we read to our kids?

8 years ago

A six-year-old Chinese immersion program in Delaware elementary schools now has more than 1,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Next year the initiative will expand to middle school. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
First
Education

Mandarin magic in Delaware K-5 classrooms

Foreign language has been a staple of high school education for years, but in Delaware, more than 1,000 Delaware elementary students spend half their day learning in Chinese.

8 years ago

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People who call themselves DREAMers protest in front of the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress in passing a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on December 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republicans and Democrats seek path to DACA deal in coming weeks

Whether or not something passes will likely hinge on two key questions: How far Democrats are willing go to force a vote, and whether President Trump will compromise.

8 years ago

 In this file photo, Steve Bannon, then senior advisor to then President-elect Donald Trump, makes a call outside Trump Tower on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New York. (Kevin Hagen/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘He lost his mind,’ Trump says after Bannon reportedly slammed Russian meeting

Steve Bannon once called a now-famous meeting among Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner and a group of Russians "treasonous," according to an upcoming book.

8 years ago

A photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken and released on January 1 showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivering a New Year's speech and President Trump speaking during a cabinet Meeting on Dec. 20.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump taunts Kim: My ‘nuclear button’ is ‘much bigger’ than yours

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are once again publicly comparing the size of their respective nuclear arsenals.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The foreign policy challenges that kicked off 2018

Guests: Trudy Rubin, Rosa Brooks 2018 has just begun but there are already a number of foreign policy challenges ...

Air Date: January 3, 2018

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