Search results for

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr notes how important it is that citizens perceive political leaders to be healthy.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that military investigators went aboard the U.S.S. Greeneville in Pearl Harbor yesterday. They also heard testimony that civilian visitors, crowded into the tiny control room of the sub, may have distracted the crew members.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem. Israel's new Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be sworn-in today, starting his term as leader of a broad coalition government.

Amateur weatherman Steven Fybish shares some unusual knowledge -- Fybish can recite from memory exactly how much snow has fallen in New York City for each of the last 130 years.

The court case brought by the world's pharmaceutical companies against the South African Government has been postponed until mid April. The companies are trying to block a law that allows South Africa to import generic drugs or authorize their manufacture. The postponement gives the companies time to respond to the inclusion in the case of testimony by the country's leading AIDS activists. Brenda Wilson reports from Pretoria.

A rapidly growing number of Fortune 500 companies offer employees with same sex partners the same benefits once reserved for married couples. And half of the biggest coprorations have written policies against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The changing busines climate is making it easier for many gays and lesbians to be open at work about their sexuality, but fear and uncertainty still keep others in the closet.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that the Senate has overturned a law that would have required businesses to protect their workers from repetitive stress injuries. Business leaders say this so-called "ergonomics rule" would cost them too much.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that students of Princeton University and their parents are gasping in relief -- over tuition. The university plans to bolster its financial aid so that undergraduates won't have to take out student loans. This will likely give Princeton a keen edge in attracting the best students, and it has other Ivy League schools scrambling.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a new report from a U.N. panel on global climate change. It says that extreme weather events, like huge snowstorms and floods, are becoming more frequent, and may be signs of the slow process of global warming.

A sample of residents from Seattle offer their reactions to Vice-President Dick Cheney's hospitalization for heart problems.