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  • Conservative Media Caught in the Blame Game
    Some Republicans say Romney's loss is partly the fault of conservative media that kept overstating the candidate's real strength.
  • In Second Term, Obama Has New Opportunity
    Host Scott Simon talks with John Podesta about the transition from the first Obama administration to the next. Podesta served as co-chair of President Obama's 2008 transition team. Podesta, who currently chairs the Center for American Progress, says first terms always emphasize big building blocks of legislation, whereas second terms focus on implementing good management.
  • Rene Lopez and Devin Burrell blast dirt off the polyurethane coating the iconic white roof of the Superdome in New Orleans. The job will cost about $130,000 and take roughly a month, partly because the roofers must move slowly. "You have to constantly be aware of where you're at," says project manager Tom Keller. "If something stupid happens, it's not going to end up pretty."
    No Roof Rookies Here: Cleaning The Superdome
    The Superdome is a major part of the New Orleans skyline. A major symbol of Hurricane Katrina's misery, it's home to the Saints football team and will host the next Super Bowl. But someone has to scale and clean off the famous white dome.
  • Iowa Voters, Candidates Gear Up For Caucuses
    NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins All Things Considered host Melissa Block to talk about Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.
  • The fifth graders from … class gather in a circle to talk about what they found in the grass in the garden at Wohlwend Elementary School on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
    In a 'prairie classroom,' Missouri students learn to identify the biodiversity in their backyards
    A grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation helped local educators create a grassland prairie for students to learn about conservation at an Oakville elementary school.
  • Kansas Senate District 11
    Kansas Senate District 11 includes the eastern parts of Leawood and Overland Park. Incumbent Kellie Warren, a Republican, is running for another four-year term. This article is part of the 2024 KC Voter Guide.
  • A man in a blue shirt holds a pumkin while standing before a pumpkin display. Pumpkin farmer John Ackerman poses with some of his pumpkin crop at his farm near Morton, Illinois. Ackerman, a third-generation farmer, says he grows 160 pumpkin varieties, along with corn, soybeans and grain.
    A 'magnificent harvest' for the pumpkin crop in some areas — despite dry conditions
    Drought has affected several pumpkin-producing states, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. But rain arrived at the right time to produce a bumper crop in parts of the Midwest.
  • 'Battle Of The Somme' Centenary Symbolizes Great Loss For Newfoundlanders
    Most of Newfoundland's regiment was wiped out the first day of the Allied offensive on the Somme. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Maureen Power, a curator at the provincial museum about their legacy.
  • Kansas House District 27
    Kansas House District 27 includes parts of Leawood and Lenexa. Incumbent Sean Tarwater Sr., a Republican, is running for another two-year term. This article is part of the 2024 KC Voter Guide.
  • Missouri House District 31
    Republican Ron Fowler and Democrat Jeremy Rowan are running for Missouri House District 31, which covers the western and northeastern parts of Blue Springs in Jackson County. This article is part of the 2024 KC Voter Guide.
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