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  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday. He has refused to tip his hand on whether New Jersey will set up a federally mandated health insurance exchange or let the federal government handle the chores.
    Twitter Chat: States Face Deadline On Health Insurance Exchanges
    Come Friday, states will have to decide whether they will run their own insurance exchanges under President Obama's sweeping health law. We had a rapid-fire chat about the exchanges on Twitter.
  • An employee loads flat trays onto a truck at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in Merrifield, Va.
    Postal Service Reports Record $15.9 Billion Loss
    The postmaster general said the service is walking a "financial tightrope" and Congress needs to act to put it back on a path to financial health.
  • Ledbetter Bridge
    Ledbetter Bridge Restricted to One Lane Beginning Friday
    Continuing repair work on the Ledbetter Bridge restricts traffic to one lane starting Friday. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd says…
  • Palestinians try to extinguish fire following an Israeli air strike on Wednesday in Gaza City.
    Israel, Hamas Battle Becomes A Twitter War
    In a marriage of social media and warfare, Israel announced its military operation in the Gaza Strip via Twitter. Shortly afterward, Israel released video footage of a deadly air strike. Hamas, meanwhile, has been commenting on its rocket attacks against Israel.
  • Did The President Set The Right Tone?
    President Obama held his first news conference Wednesday since winning re-election. He addressed the scandal involving former CIA chief David Petraeus, as well as the "fiscal cliff." Host Michel Martin discusses this week's political news with Andrea Seabrook, host of Decode D.C., and Keli Goff, political correspondent for The Root.
  • Datebook: November 15 - Georgia O'Keeffe Turns 125
    Georgia O'Keeffe, painter and a pioneer for women in the arts, struck the New York art scene with her large-format paintings of blossoms. About her work,…
  • Four More BP Employees Will Be Charged In Oil Spill
    High ranking official, David Rainey, the former head of Gulf of Mexico exploration, will be charged with downplaying the spill to lawmakers. Two others will be charged with manslaughter.
  • Jihad Masharawi weeps while he holds the body of his 11-month old son Ahmad, at Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike on their family house, in Gaza City on Wednesday.
    'What Did My Son Do To Die Like This': A Father Mourns His 11-Month-Old Son
    A picture of a father carrying the body of his baby boy has come to represent the human suffering behind the fighting in Gaza.
  • More than 40 years ago, the EPA banned oil companies from releasing wastewater into the environment, but made an exception for the arid West. If livestock and wildlife can use the water, companies can release it. Cows like these grazing near a stream of waste on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are supposedly the reason the EPA lets oil companies release their waste into the environment.
    Loophole Lets Toxic Oil Water Flow Over Indian Land
    Every month, oil and gas operations dump millions of gallons of wastewater on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Under a long-standing EPA loophole, it's perfectly legal. Internal agency documents obtained by NPR show the water contains toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens and radioactive materials, that end up in natural rivers.
  • Al Gore: Most Americans Still Agree Climate Change Is Getting Worse
    Climate change and the environment were not major topics of the presidential campaign. But the former vice president tells NPR that he's convinced "more and more people in both political parties are taking a hard look at it and saying 'yes we really do need to do something about this.' "
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