Matthew S. Schwartz
Matthew S. Schwartz is a reporter with NPR's news desk. Before coming to NPR, Schwartz worked as a reporter for Washington, DC, member station WAMU, where he won the national Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting in large market radio. Previously, Schwartz worked as a technology reporter covering the intricacies of Internet regulation. In a past life, Schwartz was a Washington telecom lawyer. He got his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan ("Go Blue!").
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The Time Magazine Person of the Year is an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's regime. She accuses the government of furthering a 'descent to tyranny.' -
Patrick Murphy, who escaped from prison and participated in a robbery that led to a murder, was scheduled to be executed Thursday. The court said he had the right to a spiritual adviser of his choice. -
More than 100 migrants were picked up from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean. When they realized the ship was returning to Libya, officials say, they commandeered it and demanded passage to Europe. -
Rockland County declared a state of emergency after more than 150 people contracted the virus in recent months. -
The law runs afoul of Supreme Court precedent banning abortion restrictions based on how many weeks pregnant the mother is, the judge wrote. -
Two female astronauts were set to become the first women to spacewalk together around the International Space Station this week. But they both wear medium spacesuits, and only one was space-ready. -
Five men escaped from the Nash County Detention Center by sneaking through a hole in the exercise yard fencing. All but one of the men have been captured.
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The president signed an executive order on Thursday conditioning research grants on "compliance with the First Amendment." -
European Union leaders gave the country two different deadlines, depending on whether U.K. lawmakers can agree on a path forward. One deadline is in two months; the other in two weeks. -
Historic flooding in the Midwest has caused unprecedented damage and led to at least three deaths.
