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Bush Takes Responsibility for Iraq Claim

President Bush for the first time says he is ultimately responsible for a now-discredited claim about Iraq's attempts to purchase uranium from Africa that appeared in his January State of the Union address. In the wide-ranging news conference, Bush also defends his economic policy and rejects the idea of same-sex marriages. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

As Indiana students head back to school, families feel the pinch of inflation

Students are returning back for a new school year in Indiana. High inflation is making it difficult for low-income families to purchase school supplies.

Loie Hayes plugs in her car at a charging station in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston wants more electric vehicles on its roads — but chargers aren't equitably distributed

The city of Boston wants the majority of new car purchases to be electric by 2050. That means it'll need more chargers too.

Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers

A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 9, 2023. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend.

Video game clips and old videos are flooding social media about Israel and Gaza

"This is propaganda 101. You flood the gap, especially in those early hours, with content that suggests a certain narrative," said one observer.

Then-Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana speaks at a press conference in 2015. Under Indiana law, public officials are allowed to use personal email accounts; the practice can help them avoid using official accounts to conduct political business.

Mike Pence Used AOL Email For State Business As Indiana's Governor

Public records obtained by The Indianapolis Star show that Pence communicated with advisers about security issues using the AOL account, which was hacked last year.

Worksafe Tasmania officers inspect a bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania on Thursday. A strong gust of wind lifted the castle some 30 feet into the air at an event celebrating the end of the school year.

A wind gust swept a bouncy castle in Tasmania 30 feet in the air, killing 6 children

The incident happened at an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in the Australian state.

Debris from two planes that crashed during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport are shown in Dallas on Saturday.

6 people are confirmed dead after 2 planes collided mid-air at a Dallas airshow

News footage from the scene at the Wings over Dallas air show showed the crumpled wreckage of two historic military planes.

Hazel O'Leary Expenses

At a Congressional hearing today the General Accounting Office released a report on some of Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary's extensive world travel. The report says the department has very sloppy accounting and cannot account for $250-thousand in spending. NPR's John Nielsen reports defenders say the report is full of holes while other supporters worry that overseas business will be lost if the secretary is forced to curtail her travel. The controversy regarding Secretary O'Leary's management is nowhere near over.

Kimia Alizadeh of Iran celebrates after winning a bronze medal in taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She says she is defecting from Iran to escape oppression.

Iran's Only Female Olympic Medalist Says She Has Defected

Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal for taekwondo at the 2016 summer Olympics, described her decision to leave Iran as difficult, but necessary.

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