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News Wrap: NYPD fires Pantaleo, 5 years after Eric Garner’s death

Star Gazers 5 Minute #1516M 1 Min April 20-26, 2015 "Leo and some planets"

Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that may bring economic disruption in Canada and the U.S.

The flare-up on multiple fronts raised the risk of a return to all-out war, underscoring the difficulty of winding down a five-month conflict that has jolted the world economy.

The latest round of talks between the U.S. and China ended with no agreement on how to cut the trade deficit between the two countries.

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

The U. S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 vote last week, protected the tribal sovereignty and rights of Native American families in adoption and foster-care proceedings involving Native children. We talk about the decision as well as efforts to preserve and honor American Indian artifacts and culture in Ohio.

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was developed fast. But a leading vaccine expert says it's important for consumers to know the companies "haven't cut corners" in the clinical science.

The U.S. military announces that Iraqi police have arrested Hikmat al-Azzawi, the former Iraqi finance minister and deputy prime minister, and turned him over to U.S. Marines. And a cache of hidden cash is discovered in the walls of one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Jackie Northam.

A top commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq says troops have recovered "documentary evidence" that the country's former regime had an active chemical and biological weapons program. But Lt. Gen. William Wallace says no signs have surfaced that Saddam Hussein's forces deployed the banned weapons for use against U.S. forces. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.