September 9, 2013 - 11:00pm
On Tuesday, Congress will bestow its highest civilian honor — posthumously — to the young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing from the civil rights era. The Congressional Gold Medals for Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley come 50 years after the black girls were...
September 9, 2013 - 3:52pm
Abercrombie & Fitch violated the civil rights of one of its employees, when it fired her from one of its Hollister stores for wearing a hijab. That's what U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided in a case that stems from a 2011 lawsuit filed on behalf of 19-year-old Umme-Hani...
September 9, 2013 - 3:38pm
After four grueling sets No. 2 Rafael Nadal defeated No. 1 Novak Djokovic to win the U.S. Open men's singles title 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The match lasted just under three and a half hours. The New York Times summarized the winning shot on its live blog : "Rafael Nadal...
September 9, 2013 - 3:23pm
It's not so easy standing on a moving train and playing the guitar. But that's exactly what Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and drummer John Moloney did, along with the singer Ariel Pink and some of his friends, while winding through the Great Allegheny Passage. Their performance is part of an...
September 9, 2013 - 12:42pm
Rep. Jim Himes is willing to vote against the wishes of his constituents. Probably not this time, though. "Like the rest of the country, my constituency is pretty much opposed to the intervention in Syria," says the Connecticut Democrat. "Since health care reform, I haven't seen an issue that energized...
September 9, 2013 - 12:41pm
Starting in January, it will get a lot easier for millions of people across to the country to qualify for Medicaid. Adults making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level ( $15,856 in 2013 ) will be able to sign up for Medicaid, under an expansion paid for...
September 9, 2013 - 12:32pm
After much diplomatic wrangling, President Obama on Monday left open the possibility of a diplomatic solution in Syria, saying a proposal allowing Syria to give up its chemical weapons was a "potentially positive development." In interviews with six television network anchors, Obama said his administration would "run to ground" a...
September 9, 2013 - 11:51am
Ten years ago rye whiskey was on the brink of extinction. Despite its venerable history as the whiskey made by George Washington , only a handful of distillers were bottling this quintessentially American spirit. And you definitely couldn't order a rye Manhattan at your local cocktail lounge. My, how times...
September 9, 2013 - 11:45am
George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin , was questioned by police Monday, after his wife called 911, saying Zimmerman was threatening her with a gun and knife. The AP reports : "Shellie Zimmerman called police shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, said Lake...
September 9, 2013 - 11:30am
This weekend was the first chance critics have had to see musician and actor Andre Benjamin play Jimi Hendrix, in a role that fans have complained has kept him from recording new music with his longtime partner in OutKast, Big Boi. NPR's film critic, Bob Mondello, screened All Is By...
