Search results for

The Israeli Justice Minister resigned after the attorney general put him under investigation. But, as NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem, the real crisis in the new Israeli cabinet is a bitter split between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister David Levy (LEH-vee) over who will control negotiations with the Palestinians.

The civil trial of O.J. Simpson begins today. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on a flurry of motions, which includes a limit on the defense team's assertion of the theory that Simpson was framed by racist police. Because the trial is an action brought by the victims' families for monetary damages, the burden of proof for the plaintiffs is far less rigorous than it was for the district attorney's office.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on the latest flap between Russia the the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. The Kremlin is upset about a tour of several former Soviet republics by the NATO Secretary General, Javier Solana (HAH'-vee-yay soh-LAHN'-ah). A spokesman said the tour is anti-Moscow. NATO and Solana say it isn't.

With few clues, experts today are trying to decipher the belief system that may have led to the mass suicide of 39 people yesterday in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Some speculate that the group, which called itself the "W.W. Higher Source," may fit the profile of a so-called "doomsday cult." Religious experts are also intrigued by the group's connection to technology. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

The White House announced today that two National Security Council aides were informed by the FBI last summer that China might try to make illegal campaIGN contributions to Congressional races. The aides also were told not to pass the information on to their superiors in the Clinton administration. President Clinton says top-level White House and National Security officials will investigate. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

- The 17-year-long Lebanese civil war is now a memory in the capital of Beirut, where workmen are trying to reconstruct the war-damaged capital. All the digging there has created a bonanza for Lebanese archeologists, who are excited about what they're uncovering. But NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the archeologists are also worried that the city's builders might bury or destroy some of the city's most valuable ancient treasures.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that advertising rates for the Super Bowl broadcast this Sunday will be higher than ever --$1.2 million for 30 seconds of airtime. Far from being just a football championship, the Super Bowl has become the most important advertising event of the year...and dozens of companies are pulling out all the stops in order to leave an impression with a hard-to-impress audience estimated at 100 million.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on Europe's decision to delay its challenge to the United States' Helms-Burton Law, which penalizes some foreign companies for doing business in Cuba. European governments are hoping to work out a compromise with the Clinton administration that will avoid a potentially crippling battle in the World Trade Organization. Some fear a showdown between Europe and the US could threaten the future of the WTO.

on transportation and the environment, NPR's John Nielsen reports on Chicago's struggle to lure commuters out of their cars and into mass transit. Though the city has an extensive system already, it must keep up with changes in commuting patterns as more jobs leave downtown for the suburbs.

NPR's Vicky Que (KWAY) reports on a experimental plan by the federal government to pay New York medical schools NOT to train new doctors. The government says the nation already faces a growing doctor surplus and that medical schools must stop training so many doctors now -- and it's willing to pay them hundreds of millions of dollars to do so.