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In bodycam footage, the officer is heard making callous remarks about a woman who died after being hit by a police cruiser. He reportedly told investigators he was mocking what city lawyers might say.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Saudi Arabia — the latest stop in his swing through the Middle East. While there, he met with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. What did they talk about?

The war with Iran has rattled markets and retirement accounts. Financial advisors say keep calm and diversify.

The Bush administration prepares to make a change in the way it helps the sick and impoverished around the world. The new Millennium Challenge Account fund would double U.S. aid for development over the next three years, but critics fear some nations will be left out. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

For a moment, Chris Reynolds was the world's richest man. The Pennsylvania resident checked his PayPal account expecting a zero balance. Instead, he found a credit of more than $92 quadrillion. The error was eventually fixed.

At 156 years old, Big Ben — London's famous clock — is chiming six seconds behind schedule. Fixes could silence it for three years. Still, Big Ben's unauthorized twitter account keep ticking.

The hawk's name is Rufus and his job is to scare pesky pigeons away from the All England Club before the crowds of tennis fans arrive. Rufus also worked the 2012 Olympics. The hawk — of course — has his own Twitter account to squawk at his admirers.

Bill Clinton posted a few messages, including one saying he's enjoying Twitter so far. Earlier, TV host Stephen Colbert had made the former president a fake Twitter account.

A federal judge tosses a legal challenge brought by the General Accounting Office, in which the agency sought to learn more about meetings between Vice President Dick Cheney, energy company lobbyists and oil industry officials. NPR's Michele Norris discusses the case with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell implores the international community to meet its responsibility to disarm Iraq, saying the burden is on Saddam Hussein to avoid war by accounting for "missing" biological and chemical agents. And he says at least a dozen nations would support a U.S.-led attack on Iraq. A report from U.N. arms inspectors is due Monday. NPR News reports.