Colin Dwyer
Colin Dwyer covers breaking news for NPR. He reports on a wide array of subjects — from politics in Latin America and the Middle East, to the latest developments in sports and scientific research.
Colin began his work with NPR on the Arts Desk, where he reviewed books and produced stories on arts and culture, then went on to write a daily roundup of news in literature and the publishing industry for the Two-Way blog — named Book News, naturally.
Later, as a producer for the Digital News desk, he wrote and edited feature news coverage, curated NPR's home page and managed its social media accounts. During his time on the desk, he co-created NPR's live headline contest "Head to Head," with Camila Domonoske, and won the American Copy Editors Society's annual headline-writing prize in 2015.
These days, as a reporter for the News Desk, he writes for NPR.org, reports for the network's on-air newsmagazines, and regularly hosts NPR's daily Facebook Live segment, "Newstime." He has covered hurricanes, international elections and unfortunate marathon mishaps, among many other stories. He also had some things to say about shoes once on Invisibilia.
Colin graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in English literature.
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The request for an injunction to block publication says the book compromises national security. But after a federal court order Saturday, the tell-all remains on track for a Tuesday release. -
The attorney general said Trump removed Geoffrey Berman as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. But the president quickly sought to distance himself from the decision. -
Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning. -
The U.S. citizen spent more than three years in an Iranian prison. He tells NPR that Iranian authorities "told me quite explicitly just that 'we need a deal with America.' " -
One is unceremoniously dropped in a lake and the other beheaded. The memorials have become a focal point of nationwide protests amid calls to reevaluate how the explorer is remembered. -
Near the White House, in front of the Lincoln Memorial and throughout the capital, people are gathering again in what has become a focal point of the nationwide protests over police brutality. -
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who planted a knee on the black man's neck, has been detained by state officials. For days, a video of the arrest has elicited fury across the country. -
Prosecutors say a probe of the black man's death while in police custody is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night. -
The prominent immunologist, coronavirus fighter — and unlikely celebrity — offered a pair of surprise graduation addresses this week, at Johns Hopkins University and the College of the Holy Cross
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Both countries eased some of their intensive rules after new cases slowed to a trickle. But clusters have cropped up again this month, and authorities are ramping up testing to try to curb the spread.
