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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Dangerous storms are set to hit the southeastern United States on Easter Sunday. Faced with a choice between social distancing and taking cover in a shelter, experts recommend sheltering with others. -
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis founded Kataib Hezbollah, an anti-U.S. insurgency movement responsible for numerous American casualties over the years. -
As black-clad demonstrators grieved the Iranian general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week, Tehran and Washington waged a war of words. Other nations desperately urged restraint. -
Eight multinational corporations have been accused of making "protection payments" to terrorists, so that their businesses would be left alone. -
The policy, which educators say is a first in the nation, is meant to give students an outlet for political activism. -
The former All-Star spent 22 years in the major leagues, but his career was overshadowed by a fateful mistake in the 1986 World Series. -
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the shooting can "only be described as a terrorist attack." Authorities have charged a male in his late 20s with murder. -
The cost of a Forever Stamp has gone up by 5 cents as the U.S. Postal Service tries to offset billions of dollars in losses. Some packages will cost more to send, too. -
Monday's ruling follows a more limited one by another judge on Sunday. The policy makes good on Trump's promise to peel back the requirement that employers offer contraception coverage at no cost. -
Lunar lander Chang'e 4 successfully touched down on Thursday morning. China's Xinhua News published a photo it says was taken by the probe "on the never-visible side of the moon."
