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  • Ireland Slumps Back Into Recession, As Exports Fall
    A report issued Thursday by Ireland's Central Statistics Office found that its GDP had fallen by 0.6 percent. The same report also included newly revised figures for recent quarters. As a result, the negative GDP numbers in two or more quarters satisfies the definition of a recession.
  • Fire fighters and utility workers at the scene of a massive gas explosion and fire Tuesday night in Kansas City, Mo.
    'It Felt Like An Earthquake': One Still Missing After Kansas City Explosion
    It looks like a contractor may have hit a gas line. A strong odor convinced authorities to start evacuating people from the area. Then, shortly after 6 p.m. local time, a restaurant exploded. The force was felt blocks away.
  • Some Early Returns From First Post-Citizens United Election
    Political observers are still working through the rubble of the unprecedented $6 billion presidential campaign, but we're getting a steady stream of reaction and analysis.
  • A man who has five drinks or more at one sitting is bingeing.
    Binge Drinking: Risky And Widespread
    About 1 in 6 Americans, or 38 million people, went on at least one drinking binge last year, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • General Motors cars are displayed at the Sierra Chevrolet auto dealership as storm clouds build in the distance on March 2, 2010 in Monrovia, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
    GM, Safety Agency Face Congress Over Recalls
    The new CEO for General Motors will answer questions about the defect that's linked to 13 deaths.
  • Join Us For Culture Collision Today At The WWII Museum
    Annual arts and culture celebration relocates to WWII MuseumCulture Collision 6, the annual happy-hour to kick off New Orleans’ vibrant cultural season is…
  • Florida Police Department Used Black Mug Shots For Target Practice
    The practice was discovered when a National Guard sergeant found that one of the mug shots was her brother's. The North Miami Beach police chief says pictures of whites and Hispanics are also used.
  • The ancient Sulamuni temple is surrounded by a cloud of dust as a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Bagan, Myanmar, on Wednesday.
    Earthquake Rattles Myanmar And Neighboring Countries
    People as far away as Thailand, India and Bangladesh felt the magnitude 6.8 quake. Historic pagodas in the city of Bagan appeared to be damaged, and at least three people reportedly died.
  • Ina Garten joins us to answer your questions on what to cook this holiday season.
    Ina Garten On Cooking For The Holidays In A Pandemic
    The Barefoot Contessa has been cooking for groups large and small for more than 40 years.
  • Poetry Of Czeslaw Milosz
    Robert talks to poet Catherine Bowman about the work of Czeslaw Milosz, 84-year-old poet and Nobel Laureate.(8:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. RETURN TO KIKWIT. NPR's Michael Skoler visits Kikwit, Zaire almost a year after the ebola (ee-BOH-lah) epidemic broke out there. The virus appeared in May last year and is usually fatal. The epidemic was stopped but left 244 people dead. Scientists from the U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing samples of tens of thousands of insects and animals taken from the forest where the virus originated but still have not found the source. Hospital workers in Kikwit are still reluctant to treat patients, and while many people have overcome their fear of the disease, there remain superstitions and misinformation among the population.
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