White House Says Any Response To Sony Attack Needs To Be 'Proportional'
The White House says the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures was done with "malicious intent" and was initiated by a "sophisticated actor" but it would not say if that actor was North...
View ArticleMichael Phelps Pleads Guilty To DUI
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months' supervised probation today after pleading guilty to drunken driving.He was arrested in September after leaving a casino in downtown...
View ArticleSenator Asks Red Cross To Explain Its Finances
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is asking the American Red Cross to explain inaccuracies in how it has said it uses public donations, citing questions raised by an NPR and ProPublica...
View ArticleIn South Carolina, Class Action Lawsuit Pits Foster Kids Against State
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Child welfare advocates filed a class action lawsuit this afternoon against the state of South Carolina, saying it has failed to protect...
View ArticleFor S.C.'s Poet Laureate, An Inauguration Poem Without An Inaugural Audience
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley starts her second term today. But absent from the inaugural ceremony will be a long-standing tradition: a poem read by the state's poet laureate.State officials say they...
View ArticleRed Cross Criticizes NPR's Coverage; NPR And ProPublica Respond
The American Red Cross recently sent NPR and ProPublica a request for corrections to our series of stories detailing problems at the Red Cross, including its response to Superstorm Sandy.NPR and...
View ArticleFederal Judge Says South Dakota Officials Violated Native American Families'...
Two of South Dakota's largest tribes won a sweeping victory in federal court that could reverberate for tribes across the country.A federal judge has ruled that the state Department of Social Services,...
View ArticleIn Search Of The Red Cross' $500 Million In Haiti Relief
When a devastating earthquake leveled Haiti in 2010, millions of people donated to the American Red Cross. The charity raised almost half a billion dollars. It was one of its most successful...
View ArticleAmerican Red Cross News Conference In Haiti Grows Heated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIrMDIU0C0 Haitian journalists pressed an official from the American Red Cross to explain how the charity spent almost half a billion dollars in the country — but got...
View ArticleDocuments Show Red Cross May Not Know How It Spent Millions In Haiti
The American Red Cross is under pressure this week to answer detailed questions from Congress about how it spent the nearly half-billion dollars it raised after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.Some of...
View ArticleSen. Grassley Not Satisfied With Answers From The Red Cross
The American Red Cross has met its deadline to say how it spent almost half a billion dollars in Haiti. But the charity's answers have left at least one senator unsatisfied."I have a lot more questions...
View ArticleIn Private Letter, Red Cross Tried To End Government Inquiry
The American Red Cross, which has often boasted of its transparency, attempted last year to halt a congressional inquiry into its disaster relief work, according to a private letter Red Cross CEO Gail...
View ArticleRed Cross Effort To Shut Down Inquiry Fails; Report Calls For Outside Oversight
The American Red Cross is facing new criticism today as government investigators and a congressman call for independent oversight over the long-venerated charity.Federal legislation is being unveiled...
View ArticleSenator Wants Names Of Red Cross Officials Who Did Not Cooperate With Inquiry
Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking federal investigators to give him the names of officials at the American Red Cross who did not cooperate with the government's recent inquiry into the charity.Grassley, an...
View ArticleReport: Red Cross Spent 25 Percent Of Haiti Donations On Internal Expenses
The American Red Cross spent a quarter of the money people donated after the 2010 Haiti earthquake — or almost $125 million — on its own internal expenses, far more than the charity previously had...
View ArticleN.Y. Attorney General: Nation's Flood Insurance Program Defrauding Taxpayers
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View ArticleAffordable Housing Program Costs More, Shelters Fewer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKaR0q1vgP0 On the south side of Dallas, Nena Eldridge lives in a sparse but spotless bungalow on a dusty lot. At $550 each month, her rent is just about the cheapest...
View ArticleHousing Program Worth Billions Lacks 'Basic Accountability,' Says GAO
An $8 billion federal program to build housing for the poor is so lacking oversight that virtually no one in government knows how it is working, a government auditor testified before Congress today....
View ArticleHow The Affordable Housing Crisis Is Playing Out In One Dallas Neighborhood
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We're about to meet a man who some say is a champion for the poor. Others say he's a slumlord. And that split says a lot about the country's...
View ArticleChoosing Between Squalor Or The Street: Housing Without Government Aid
This story was reported in partnership with PBS Frontline's podcast, The Frontline Dispatch. You can listen to the extended podcast version of the story here . Pearlie Mae Brown's wooden house is...
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