Site Search | KNKX Public Radio

Black smoke caused by an Israeli airstrike billows over Gaza City, Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to continue pounding the coastal city. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip also intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel.

Netanyahu Orders Continued Pounding In Gaza As 600 Rockets Fired Into Israel

Violence stretches into a third day amid mounting casualties and fatalities, with no immediate end in sight. Three Israeli men and nine Palestinians have been killed thus far.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured in March, said he plans to tell his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, that Moscow must stop meddling in the Venezuelan crisis.

Pompeo Says U.S. Prepared To Offer Guaidó 'Full Range Of Options' To Oust Maduro

The options available to the Venezuelan opposition leader include, "diplomatic options, political options" and "ultimately a set of options that would involve use of U.S. military," Pompeo said.

Washington is waiting for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete a report on his investigation into Russian interference in 2016.

Potent But Unpredictable: How Special Counsels Have Posed A Special Threat

From Presidents Ulysses Grant to Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton and Trump, a number of independent investigators have looked into allegations too hot for normal processes.

A Black Students Union leader addresses a crowd of demonstrators in December 1968.

The Student Strike That Changed Higher Ed Forever

Black students at San Francisco State College walked out in a protest that led to the rise of ethnic studies departments at colleges and universities around the country.

Joseph Azam says he left his senior post at News Corp. in late 2017 over the coverage of Muslims, immigrants and race by Fox News and other Murdoch news outlets.

Former Murdoch Executive Says He Quit Over Fox's Anti-Muslim Rhetoric

A former top executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. tells NPR he left his job because of relentlessly harsh depictions of Muslims and immigrants in Murdoch's media properties, especially Fox News.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger attends a town hall at Nottoway High School in Crewe, Va. She was one of dozens of new members who ousted Republicans on a pledge to buck party leaders and work across the aisle.

Moderate Democrats Under Pressure As Party's Left Grabs Attention

Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan credentials were a central issue for voters at a recent town hall. The freshman lawmaker beat a Republican incumbent in an ideologically diverse Virginia district.

Search results for