Linda Wertheimer

Feds Buckle On Emergency Contraception Age Restrictions

Linda Wertheimer — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:23:00 +0000

The administration had been trying to appeal a judge's ruling to make the morning-after birth control pill available over the counter with no age restrictions. The Justice Department said it would obey the order — sort of. The FDA may soon approve the over-the-counter sale of Plan B One Step without a prescription.

Intelligence Community Interested In Phone Records, Internet Data

Linda Wertheimer — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:46:00 +0000

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NSA Collects Verizon Customers' Records

Linda Wertheimer — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:19:00 +0000

The National Security Agency is collecting the phone records of millions of Americans for three months. The news was first reported by the Guardian newspaper. The request for the records was placed with a special intelligence court days after the Boston bombings.

National Security Adviser Donilon Resigns; Rice To Take Over

Linda Wertheimer — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:20:00 +0000

The White House announced Wednesday that Tom Donilon is resigning as President Obama's national security adviser. He will be replaced by Susan Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Venezuela, World Leaders Mourn Hugo Chavez

Linda Wertheimer — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:50:00 +0000

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Leader from around the world have arrived in Venezuela to pay their final respects to President Hugo Chavez, who used his country's oil wealth to put in place his vision of socialism during 14 years in power. And this larger-than-life leader presumably will continue to inspire his followers. The Venezuelan government plans to embalm his body and keep it on display in a glass coffin.

NPR's Juan Forero is in Caracas following events there. He joins us now. Juan, it sounds like this funeral is an extraordinary event.

Talks On Iran's Nuclear Program To Resume In April

Linda Wertheimer — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:13:00 +0000

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Iran now says compromise on its nuclear program may be possible. Of course, that comes with a number of ifs. Tehran says that's if international negotiators continue to take what it calls a more realistic approach. The big question, Western officials say, is whether Iran is willing to curb its nuclear activities. That is the message, after a two-day meeting between Iran and six world powers. NPR's Peter Kenyon joins us from Almaty, Kazakhstan where the talks just concluded.

Peter, on the surface this sounds like progress.

American, U.S. Airways Announce Merger

Linda Wertheimer — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:03:00 +0000

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More now on this morning's merger announcement by American Airlines and U.S. Airways. The deal would create the biggest air carrier in the U.S., with an estimated value of $11 billion. The merger must still be approved by regulators.

Petraeus To Testify At Closed Congressional Hearings

Linda Wertheimer — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:08:00 +0000

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus is testifying before two congressional committees today. He's been called to discuss the CIA's role in the attack at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi back in September, an attack that took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. This also happens to be General Petraeus' first public appearance on Capitol Hill since he resigned over an extramarital affair.

A Preview Of Obama's News Conference

Linda Wertheimer — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:37:00 +0000

At the White House, President Obama will hold his first East Room news conference since March on Wednesday. He's expected to talk about the nation's fiscal condition, as well as the scandal that has cost him his CIA director.

Murder And Mystery In An Idyllic Cape Cod Town

Linda Wertheimer — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:30:00 +0000

Provincetown, at the far tip of Cape Cod, would seem a perfect place to spend a summer day. In the books of author Jon Loomis, Provincetown is also the setting for mystery and murder. In our Crime in the City series, NPR's Linda Wertheimer takes us to "P-town," where she met Loomis a few years back.

China Charges Bo Xilai's Wife In British Man's Killing

Linda Wertheimer — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:23:00 +0000

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China announced today that it is prosecuting the wife of a disgraced party official for the murder of a British man. It's the latest sensational twist in the country's biggest political scandal in decades. NPR's Louisa Lim joins us now from Beijing. Louisa, could you bring us up to speed on this scandal and what the latest news is?

LOUISA LIM, BYLINE: Yes, Linda. Well, today we had this sudden announcement by the Xinhua news agency that Gu Kailai, the wife of this disgraced official Bo Xilai has recently been prosecuted for intentional homicide.

Dark Doings Among The D.C. Monuments

Linda Wertheimer — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:03:00 +0000

In Washington, D.C., the glittering marble of public buildings and monuments can conceal the darkest of deeds. And in the crime novels of Mike Lawson, they do.

"When I started writing, the very first decision I made was, I wanted the book set in D.C.," says Lawson, who recently published his seventh Washington-based thriller, House Blood. "That was before I had a character, or anything else."

And he had a reason.

"It's a target-rich environment for a writer," Lawson says.

Washington, Wall Street Wait For Jobless Report

Linda Wertheimer — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:10:00 +0000

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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer with Steve Inskeep. The U.S. economy gained 80,000 jobs in June, that's the latest word from the Labor Department and it is another disappointing month of job growth. The number was slightly below expectations. The employment report is closely followed by economists. Job growth, of course, is front and center in the presidential election.

Joining us are NPR's political reporter Tamara Keith and economics correspondent, Chris Arnold.

Chris, let me go first to you.

Chess Pie's Past And Present

Linda Wertheimer — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:14:00 +0000

To me, chess pie is an Oklahoma pie with definite Southern accents. For NPR's recent pie contest, I started with my mother's family recipe for Lemon Chess Pie — with a variation inspired by my Aunt Jane.

Since the pie is so sweet, Jane liked to put some sliced rhubarb on the bottom of the pie crust, then pour the chess filling over it. I added blueberries for tartness instead. This pie, therefore, comes from Grandmother Willie in Loco, Okla., via Woodford, Okla.

Physicists Find Evidence Of New Subatomic Particle

Linda Wertheimer — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:08:00 +0000

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Scientists in Switzerland today say they have made a momentous discovery. They've identified a new sub-atomic particle that helps explain how our universe is put together. It appears to be the long-sought Higgs boson, also called the god particle. The announcement stirred round after round of applause among the gathered scientists, who've been waiting for this moment for decades.