Polls show the "yes" vote is stronger in the conservative, predominantly Catholic country. But public opinion surveys could be masking a "shy no vote," observers say.
Read More »Korean Air ‘Nut Rage’ Executive Freed From Prison
An appeals court reduced the sentence of former Korean Air executive Heather Cho. She demanded that a plane return to the gate because her macadamia nuts weren't served in a manner to her liking.
Read More »Uneasy Rider: The Origins Of Motorcycle Gangs And How They Remain A Force
Steve Cook, who heads the Midwest Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association, tells NPR that soldiers returning from World War II formed biker gangs, which became infamous during a 1947 riot.
Read More »Millions Of Dollars In Speech Fees Support Clinton Foundation
Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to talk to banks, universities and other groups, and give the proceeds to the family's philanthropic foundation.
Read More »Grand Jury Indicts 6 Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray’s Death
Prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby said at a news conference that the officers will be arraigned July 2. The charges against them are mostly similar to those announced May 1.
Read More »Maryland Joins States That Won’t Test New Drivers For Parallel Parking
Officials say the skills are tested by other tasks, like turning a car around. As of yet, using backup cameras on a driving test isn't allowed.
Read More »White House Ban On Militarized Gear For Police May Mean Little
An NPR analysis of equipment given to police agencies by the Pentagon since 2006 — 84,258 assault rifles, 951 armored vehicles, for example — found a vast majority of it would fall outside the ban.
Read More »Head Of Boy Scouts Says Group’s Ban On Gay Adults ‘Unsustainable’
Robert Gates, a former CIA director and former defense secretary, told the organization, "We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be."
Read More »More Than 100 Charged In Mob Killing Of Christian Couple In Pakistan
Prosecutors say clerics accused the couple of burning a page of the Quran and helped incite a mob to incinerate them in a brick kiln.
Read More »Fla. Mailman Who Flew Gyrocopter Onto Capitol Lawn Appears In Court
Douglas Mark Hughes faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison. He was arrested after his April 15 flight from Gettysburg, Pa., to Washington, and has been under house arrest since then.
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