Search results for

The Muslim convert and former Latin Kings gang member was sentenced seven years ago after his conviction on terrorism-related charges.

President Obama met with the three Americans credited with stopping an alleged terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train in the Oval Office to honor them for their actions.

Actor David Duchovny could watch Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather a million times. "If I'm flipping around channels, I'll see it's on and I'll say, 'OK, I'll watch it for a scene or two' and then I can never turn it off," he says.

A new poll finds that in 17 battleground states, President Bush is gaining support among rural voters, who are credited with giving him a winning margin in 2000. Bush leads Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry 55 percent to 42 percent, according to the poll. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

The U.S. is undertaking "extraordinary" measures to avoid defaulting on its obligations after the country reached its debt limit on Thursday. Now, a big political fight looms.

NPR's politics team has annotated Hillary Clinton's Monday speech, in which she spoke about student debt, unions and tax rates.

"Baby Bonds" are back in the news. Two professors presented their idea to do something about widening inequality to an economics conference. They suggest creating an education trust fund for each newborn. The grants — ranging from $500 to $50,000 — would be on a sliding scale tied to household income.

A college student will be able to shop for health insurance on one of the exchanges planned to open for business in October. But depending on the family's financial circumstances, he may be better off staying on his parents' plan or looking into Medicaid.

The first daughter said women must have access to credit and mentors, "to encourage this next generation" of female business owners. But remarks about her father drew the biggest reaction.

Barred from legal work in Lebanon, Syrian refugees are accumulating huge debts as they struggle to pay for rent and other necessities.