1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.The unemployment rate is fallen to 8.2%. Fewer people were included in Marchs employment tally because fewer were looking for work and 120,000 jobs were added to economy in March. Thats about half the number from the month before.President Obama is movin
2、g to solidify what appears to be a widening gender gap in this falls election. NPRs Julie Rovner reports the president used the White House Forum on womens issues to talk the health care law and more.Mr. Obama used part of his speech to note how much the health law helps women. Provisions already in
3、 effect are providing both younger and older women with access to preventive care services at no upfront cost. And assuming the Supreme Court let the law go forward, provisions that will take effect in 2014 will no longer let insurers charge women more simply because of their gender. But the preside
4、nt did acknowledge that his administration hasnt solved all of womens problems.We havent gotten on the dry cleaning thing yet, though. I mean, I know that thats still, thats still frustrating. Im sure.Thats a reference to the fact that dry cleaners charge more for womens shirts than for mens. Julie
5、Rovner, NPR News, Washington.Turkey is seeing an influx of Syrians who are escaping relentless shelling in their country. NPRs Grant Clark is monitoring developments from Beirut.Turkish officials say more 2,300 Syrians have streamed into Turkey in the past two days. They joined some 23,000 others al
6、ready taking refuge there. Activists say the surge follows a blistering three-day air and ground assault on the small town of Taftanaz. The claim cannot be independently verified, but amateur videos show helicopters firing rockets and a mass grave reportedly discovered after the offensive. Grant Cla
7、rk, NPR News, Beirut.Cairos Tahrir Square is again the site of demonstrations where people are backing a conservative Islamist who may be disqualified from next months presidential contests in Egypt, as NPRs Peter Kenyon explains.By Egypts Arab Spring standards, this was not an especially large rall
8、y, but those who came were passionate in their support for Sheikh Hazem Abu Ismail, who may have run afoul of Egyptians election law. The law says neither a candidate nor his parents can have any non-Egyptian citizenship, and the election commission says Abu Ismails mother had US citizenship. Those
9、at the rally accused Washington and Egypts military council of conspiring to keep Islamist candidates off the ballot. The biggest beneficiary, if Abu Ismail is disqualified, however, would appear to be the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat al-Shater. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Cairo.Three people are
10、 injured, but there are no reports of deaths from todays Navy jet crash in a Virginia Beach residential neighborhood. The aircrafts two aviators ejected.This is NPR News.Fourteen New York City teachers accused of inappropriate behavior with students are still teaching, even though the city attempted
11、 to fire them. NPRs Margot Adler reports that an arbitrator overruled the city.Sixteen teachers were identified as behaving badly; two were fired. New York law says teachers have the right to a hearing before an independent arbitrator. The arbitrator gave lesser punishments, fines, formal reprimands
12、 and suspensions. The New York Times and The New York Daily News requested documents under the freedom of information law. A few teachers were accused of physical contact that made students uncomfortable, a science teacher rubbing against a student in a lab, a few for emailing or texting inappropria
13、te comments. Some of the teachers said the charges were trumped up and they were innocent. The current Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said if he had the power, they would not be teaching, but his hands were tied. Margot Adler, NPR News, New York.A ferry captain is being hailed a hero yet again. M
14、ohamed Gouda was on his way back to New Jersey from a New York waterway ferry trip when he spotted an overturned tugboat this morning near Liberty Island. He rescued the three crew members, using cradles dipped into the Hudson River, the same strategy used in the Miracle on the Hudson back in 2009.
15、Thats when a US Airways flight managed to land safely in the Hudson, and Gouda was among those who made sure that everyone made it out safely.Christians around the world are observing Good Friday described as a commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI is expected to deliver a speech at the end of a torch-lit nighttime procession.Im Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington.
