Noel King

Parents of students killed when schools collapsed in May's southwest Chinese earthquake say local officials have offered them payments to keep quiet about shoddily constructed schools.

Sudan is responding to reports that the International Criminal Court will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

The International Criminal Court is expected to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir Monday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in...

The American Medical Association has issued an apology to black doctors for a history of racial discrimination. But is it a case of too little too late? The Takeaway talks with Dr. Ge...

Payrolls shrunk for the sixth straight month in June as more than 60 thousand jobs disappeared. The unemployment rate stayed steady in June at 5.5 percent, the highest level in four y...

Supporters of a controversial right-to-die initiative in Washington state are expected to head to the State House this morning to deliver a petition bearing 225,000 signatures in supp...

Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain travels to Columbia and Mexico this week... and many people are asking why. The Takeaway looks at what McCain hopes to achieve there and opp...

With a Supreme Court ruling expected Thursday on whether a Washington, D.C., handgun ban violates Second Amendment rights, The Takeaway looks at what this session's rulings illustrate about the John Roberts court.

Today marks the 60-year anniversary of the Cold War’s first major crisis: The Blockade of Berlin. Angered by an allied plan to reform Germany’s worthless Reichsmark into the Deutschem...

The times they are a-changin'. It’s a quick-hit, fast-paced world and getting information isn’t what it used to be. For a professor in Atlanta, this historic election cycle has been ...

Zimbabwe’s campaign of violence, torture and intimidation of opposition supporters appears to have worked. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has dropped out of Zimbabwe’s hotly con...

A probe by the Senate Armed Services Committee has found that senior Pentagon lawyers were active in developing harsh interrogation techniques used in the systematic torture of detain...

Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate faced off in a David vs. Goliath-style battle in Monday’s gripping US Open finale. And... Goliath won. Woods captured his 14th major with a sudden-death ...

Which groups or nations may have bought electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon? That’s the question for American and international investigators who say the plans for a ...

Producer's Notes:

Detective Larry Findley didn't want to be on the radio. But the gumshoe's desire to educate people about grease theft trumped his suspicion of what he calls "media types."

The demand for grease (used cooking oil) is at an all-time high. That's due in ...

Selected films: Michael Clayton (producer/actor, 2007) Sketches of Frank Gehry (director/producer/cinematographer, 2005) Cold Mountain (producer, 2003) The Firm (director/prod...

Lebanon was gripped by violence Thursday as supporters of the Western-backed government and opposition Hezbollah clashed in the streets, following the government’s decision to shut do...

Hosts John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji play back responses to today's Takeaway question: If you could spend a weekend in space, where would you go, and who would you take with you?

With six primaries left in the Democratic nomination schedule, Senators Clinton and Obama are fighting hard for the undecided superdelegates who hold increasing sway in choosing the p...

Agencies are struggling to provide humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of people left vulnerable after Cyclone Nargis roared through Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday.