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Thursday, July 2, 2009
U.S. Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday. (AP Photo)
Marines Launch Assault In Taliban Stronghold
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today, as a major military operation gets underway in Taliban-controlled villages in the southern part of the country, the first major operation under President Obama.Thousands of helicopter-borne Marines swept in during the pre-dawn hours to capture strategic points along southern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley, a Taliban stronghold and the main source of its cash crop, the poppies that produce heroin. NPR's Tom Bowman has the latest on the offensive, dubbed Operation Khanjar, or Operation Strike of the Sword.
Supreme Court Closes Deeply Divided Term
With the close of the term, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are fleeing Washington for their summer teaching gigs. And as the words of the court’s opinions settle into law books, a picture is emerging of a conservative court on a slow but steady march to the right. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.Mental Health Cuts Put Strain On Melrose Emergency Room
Emergency rooms in Massachusetts are feeling the effect of state budget cuts. In Melrose, spending cuts for mental health and substance abuse programs are having an unexpected impact on the city's budget: The mayor and the police chief both say police officers are often tied up at the emergency room. WBUR's Fred Thys reports.Green Energy Co. Makes For An Unexpectedly Noisy Neighbor
When a company that makes solar panels built a huge manufacturing facility at Fort Devens last year, state and local officials celebrated. The new plant has created almost 700 jobs and positioned Massachusetts as a national hub for clean energy. But as WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer reports, the plant is causing an unexpected problem for its neighbors.
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