Learned of the allegations last week any mediately refer the matter to the f.b.i. It s unclear if it s being handled by investigators who already work in Miller s office or if an outside office is investigating Boston gangster James Whitey Bulger is dead no word yet on how he died n.p.r. Confirms that the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the 89 year old was found unresponsive at a prison in West Virginia only a day after he was transferred to the facility the f.b.i. Is investigating Bulger was serving a life sentence for his 2013 conviction of a series of crimes including 11 murders for 16 years he was on the F.B.I. s most wanted list until he was arrested in 2011 vigils continue in cities across this country this week in the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting in suburban Kansas City more than 1300 people turned out for a gathering in support of Pittsburgh s Jewish community Frank Morris of member station reports it has evoked painful memories for a region that has also experience anti-Semit
Religion ethnicity nationality these are the persistent fault lines that seem to separate us from them my guest today is Kwame Anthony Appiah an academic and public intellectual don t close yourself off people who live with people of diverse identities tend to be less bigoted than people who don t so don t allow yourself to be channeled off into a world in which you only are among white people only among Catholics only among straight people and so on Kwame Anthony Appiah on the hog talk to the news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jim hark a landmark Cold War nuclear arms treaty between the u.s. And Russia is on the brink of collapse President Trump says he intends to withdraw from the 1987 agreement accusing Moscow of violating it for years as Matthew Bodner reports Russia is threatening to retaliate speaking to journalists in Moscow the Russian foreign ministry senior arms control official said that us withdrawal from the treaty would be a very dangerous step in a lengthy Fa
Every effort to balance the state budget government ministries will be axed food subsidies cut and there will be increased exports taxes officials in Brazil have blamed a lack of funding for a huge fire that s ravaged the country s National Museum one of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the Americas was almost totally destroyed in Sunday s fire in Rio de Janeiro the had been complaints about the dilapidated state of the museum from outside the building has Katie Watson this isn t just Brazilian history that s gone up in flames many see this as a metaphor for the country s recent economic and political crises its employees feel the museum was long ignored and underfunded is a victim of cuts in public spending in recent years as president Michelle Turner said the last of its archives was incalculable calling it a sad day for all Brazilians there s a lot of soul searching going on as to how and why something like this happens 8 people have been confirmed dead f
The rest of America black America. Remembering the voice and legacy of the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin Thursday August 16th this is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. I m Audie Cornish. Today at age 76 later why more than 300. Attacks. Of journalism in the head of the u.s. Conference of Bishops calls the latest Catholic sex abuse scandal a moral catastrophe and millions of Americans get burned by payday loans. Some employers are trying a new solution but 1st these news headlines. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst tributes are pouring in for the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin she died this morning at the age of 76 from a type of advanced pancreatic cancer N.P.R. s Neda Ulaby reports friends colleagues musicians and politicians are all remembering her musicians ranging from home Carney to Lauryn Hill expressed grief about the loss of the national treasure. In. John Christer skills as a pianist Diana Ross called her a golden spirit in a tweet the president of th
5 people on board were killed but no one on the ground was hurt Tony Barretto was with Orange County Fire attention. Was there so we could always speculate was going through that pilot s mind and if this was his plan to try to get it to a place that he said at the President Trump is changing his tune about a 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son Donald Trump Jr and a Russian really are tweeting that the purpose of the meeting was to quote get information on an opponent it s the president s most direct statement that the motive for the meeting was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton and comes as his lawyers try to negotiate an interview with special counsel Robert Muller Well I can say unequivocally there is no u.s. Government involvement in this at all national security adviser John Bolton went on Fox denying a role in an alleged assassination attempt on Venezuela s president Nicolas Maduro blamed his opposition and the United States after explosive laden drones were during a military p