Новости за 06.07.2016

Author Hisham Matar's new book, The Return, is an account of his journey to his native Libya in search of his father, a dissident kidnapped off the streets of Cairo years before and imprisoned.

President Obama announced Wednesday more U.S. troops than planned will remain in Afghanistan through the remainder of his presidency.

It took seven years to prepare, but at last the definitive report into Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq has been published in London.

Donald Trump's campaign attracted a following from white supremacists, and some have directed anti-Semitic invectives at Jewish reporters and activists. One recently spoke to the public radio reporter he harassed.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with pro-Brexit campaigner Matthew McPherson in Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England about why he's optimistic about the future of the United Kingdom despite the political chaos and economic fallout from the vote to leave the European Union.

NPR's research team dug back through our archives for our coverage of Jan. 1, 1973, the day the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community — what would later become the European Union.

One curb in Hayward, Calif., has been shifting for decades. David Schwartz, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, describes how fixing the curb has affected the geology community.

Secretary of State John Kerry visits Georgia and Ukraine ahead of a NATO summit that comes amid tensions with Russia.

Dallas Fowler and her mother Carolyn Fowler are both delegates to the upcoming Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. But they are a house divided.

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Bryn Stole, a crime reporter for The Advocate, about the police shooting of Alton Sterling and the resulting protests in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday night.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Hillary Clinton appears to have received preferential treatment in the investigation into her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. FBI Director James Comey recommended Tuesday that no charges be brought against Clinton.

The American Civil Liberties Union documented at least 84 veterans in the process of being deported or already exiled from the U.S., despite having served honorably in the military. NPR revisits the story covered last year.

As part of NPR's series, The New Middle, NPR's Ari Shapiro explores some of the trade-offs and struggles of being middle class in the country's most expensive city, New York.

Hillary Clinton campaigned in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, trying to draw a negative image of Donald Trump's business career and move away from the controversy over her emails.

Longtime Fox News host Gretchen Carlson is accusing the network's boss Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. Carlson alleges her contract was not renewed after she rebuffed repeated sexual advances from Ailes. The Fox News CEO and chairman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Recent cases of murder and gang rape have led to new measures boosting security and support for victims of sexual assault. Women's rights advocates say attitudes are what really need to change.

Betty Davis was already gaining attention as Betty Mabry in the late 1960s when she met Miles Davis. He produced legendary sessions for her that have never been released — until now.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is directly sanctioned for the first time for his role in human rights abuses.

Folk singer and drummer Meg Baird leads a band of loud, psychedelic guitars. Hear a live performance and conversation.

Who is the American flag for? And what does it mean when people of color choose to wave it — or not wave it? Gene and Adrian dig in.

The pioneering British funk and soul band gathers in the studio for a stirring performance of "Bra."

Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.

The report, which is more than 6,000 pages long, found that there was no "imminent threat" by Saddam Hussein when the British decided to join the U.S. in war.

Host Fiona Ritchie shares new songs from rising artists like Andrew Finn Magill and The Jeremiahs.

Jeff Tweedy, the members of Sleater-Kinney and others pop up in the Australian singer's new video.