Scott Neuman
Scott Neuman is a reporter and editor, working mainly on breaking news for NPR's digital and radio platforms.
He brings to NPR years of experience as a journalist at a variety of news organizations based all over the world. He came to NPR from The Associated Press in Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as an editor on the news agency's Asia Desk. Prior to that, Neuman worked in Hong Kong with The Wall Street Journal, where among other things he reported extensively from Pakistan in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He also spent time with the AP in New York, and in India as a bureau chief for United Press International.
A native Hoosier, Neuman's roots in public radio (and the Midwest) run deep. He started his career at member station WBNI in Fort Wayne, and worked later in Illinois for WNIU/WNIJ in DeKalb/Rockford and WILL in Champaign-Urbana.
Neuman is a graduate of Purdue University. He lives with his wife, Noi, on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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Many Texans were getting the electricity back on, but millions still face either no water at all or are having to boil it to make it safe to drink. -
Heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures across the U.S. have kept winter storm warnings in effect from Washington to the Great Lakes into northern New England and a large section of the South.
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Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power in a coup six years ago, issued a statement addressing months of unrest, promising to use "all" the country's laws to quash the protests.
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After 20 months on the tarmac following two fatal crashes, Boeing's troubled airliner has been given the green light by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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In recent weeks, the virus has swept through the country's heartland, infecting tens of thousands in the Midwest alone, which has also seen record numbers of hospitalizations for COVID-19.
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Responding to supporters chanting "Fire Fauci!" at a rally in Florida, the president said: "Don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election."
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President Trump has experienced two drops in his oxygen levels over the course of his COVID-19 diagnosis, his medical team said Sunday, but that he "has continued to improve."
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Michael Reinoehl's death came as VICE News aired an interview in which he said he shot a Patriot Prayer supporter in what he believed was self-defense.
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Although daily COVID-19 deaths have fallen somewhat in recent days, the number of infections has continued to rise in many places with no end in sight.
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Heavy seasonal rainfall has caused the worst flooding in decades across China's interior, forcing officials at the Three Gorges Dam to open all 10 spillways for the first time since it was built.
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The European Union says the Aug. 9 polls in which President Alexander Lukashenko claimed an overwhelming victory were "neither free nor fair and do not meet international standards."
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The World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he fears that without global cooperation ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, some countries could resort to hoarding.
