Search results for

Authorities are increasing security in advance of Thursday's scheduled execution of Mir Aimal Kasi. The Pakistani national faces lethal injection in Virginia for the 1993 murder of two CIA employees in a shooting spree outside the agency's headquarters. Rick Mattioni reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon comes under pressure from hardliners who want a tough response to the ambush in Hebron in which 12 Israeli soldiers were killed. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.

Iraqi officials say upcoming U.N. arms inspections will show Saddam Hussein's regime has no weapons of mass destructions. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix is due in Baghdad Monday. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

A new study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition calls into question the U.S. government's official dietary rules and suggests the well-known food pyramid is obsolete. Hear NPR's Richard Knox and Marion Nestle of New York University.

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates by half a percentage point to levels not seen since the early 1960s. But some economists don't believe the cut will help jumpstart the sluggish economy. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Republicans recapture control of the Senate and add to their advantage in the House. Democrats increase their hold on statehouses, adding at least five governorships. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and NPR's Ina Jaffe.

Tax cuts remain high on the Republican agenda for the new Congress. The Bush administration hopes to make permanent a $1.3-trillion tax cut passed by Congress last year. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution demanding that Iraq disarm and ordering new weapons inspections. President Bush welcomes the development. Iraq is silent. NPR News reports.

Tornadoes kill at least 33 people in several states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio. In Carbon Hill, Ala., two tornadoes kill seven people. Hear Melanie Peeples and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says Iraq has until the end of the day on Friday to respond the Security Council's resolution on disarmament. After that time, the country could face serious consequences, he says. NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports.