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U.N. to Consider Lifting Sanctions on Iraq

The United States plans to present the U.N. Security Council with a draft resolution Friday calling for the immediate end to sanctions on Iraq. U.S. officials hope to transfer the administration of Iraq's oil contracts from the United Nations to an international advisory board. Concerns over U.N. weapons inspections could stall the process. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Divided U.N. Reviews Iraq Sanctions

As the United States and allies formally ask the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions on Iraq, France and Germany question aspects of the resolution and Russia's stance is unclear. Russia's foreign minister shows support for lifting sanctions, but its U.N. ambassador expresses reservations. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained that the U.N. should complete arms inspections before sanctions are lifted. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Comedy Is Drenched With Foreboding On Season 2 Of 'Atlanta'

Donald Glover's Emmy-winning FX series returns for its second season on Thursday. Critic John Powers says Atlanta is simultaneously"strange and angry and hysterically funny."

Morning Headlines: Conway Harps on Democrats, Kasich at State Dinner; Hopkins Spent $2M on Upgrades

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, September 23: Conway harps on Democrats, Kasich at state dinner; Hopkins spent $2M on upgrades; Cleveland...

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on April 29, 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, was denied parole this week.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents

The parole commission says Peltier, 79, will be eligible for another parole hearing in 2026. He's serving life in prison for killing two FBI agents during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

A man watches a baseball game in a casino.

Betting In The Buckeye State

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss what legalized sports gambling will…

Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown, (left) and Republican Rep. Jim Renacci speaks during a debate at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square, Sunday in Cleveland.

Split Down The Middle

In this week's Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU Public Media, Mike Thompson and Steve Brown look at a new poll showing an evenly-divided…

Shilpi, a cousin of Bangladeshi blogger Washiqur Rahman, is seen outside a morgue at the Dhaka Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday. The blogger was hacked to death Monday morning by three men in the capital, police said.

Bangladeshi Blogger Hacked To Death; 2 Students Arrested

Washiqur Rahman's killing comes a month after a deadly attack by Islamists on Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy in the country's capital.

What's Great in Dayton: March 2 - 8, 2018

Downtown Dayton continues to grow, and at First Friday tonight you can check out all kind of new spots! The 17th annual Weekend of Jazz brings...

Soldiers patrol outside the Grand Place in Brussels on Tuesday. Police arrested two people on suspicion of planning attacks at tourist spots in the city over the holidays.

2 People Suspected Of Plotting Attacks Are Arrested In Belgium

Authorities say the suspects were planning attacks on popular tourist spots during holiday celebrations.

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