WRVO - Site Search | WRVO Public Media

A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Pool Photo via AP)

Here's every word of the third Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 16 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

A look at the role armed militia groups may have played in the weeks before Jan. 6

NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson speaks with Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, about the role of armed militias in the attack.

Protesters gather outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle last month as judges prepare to hear arguments on the revised travel ban. This week, the Justice Department took its challenge to blocks on the ban to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Travel Ban On 6 Majority-Muslim Nations

The Trump administration is seeking to reinstate a ban on travel to the U.S. from six majority-Muslim countries. The ban's challengers will have until June 12 to respond to the government's petition.

Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan, who was a college student in 1955, remembers the relaxed atmosphere in the courtroom during the trial. "Even the jury were laughing," he says.

6 Decades Later, Acquittal Of Emmett Till's Killers Troubles Town

The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

A water crisis restricts usage to 6 hours a day in one of Mexico's largest cities

Scott Simon talks with Associated Press reporter Marcos Martinez Chacon about the water crisis affecting the residents of Monterrey, one of Mexico's largest cities.

Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

Lewiston, Maine, continues the journey to recovery nearly 6 weeks after mass shooting

More than a month after a deadly mass-shooting, Lewiston, Maine, businesses are feeling the economic pain just as residents deal with the trauma of the attacks.

Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters.

A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023

This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.

11/10/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Series: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Lorco Diamonds Matter” Part 1 of 5 11/7/55 CBS, Adventures of Marco Polo “Episode #6” 1940’s Syndicated, Firefighters “Episode #12” 11/29/49 Syndicated, Man in the Iron Mask “Episode #6” 1948 Syndicated.

Exit interview: David Rennie ends 6 years covering Beijing for 'The Economist'

David Rennie, longtime China Bureau Chief of "The Economist," is leaving Beijing. In Part 1 of an exit interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Rennie talks about where the Chinese economy is headed.

Search results for