In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

KJJP 105.7 FM in Amarillo will be off air on Dec. 3 from 12:30pm to 4pm for maintenance. You can stream live in the player above or on the HPPR APP.

Pipeline Blast in Nigeria Kills at Least 150

Published May 12, 2006 at 11:11 AM CDT

A ruptured gas pipeline explodes near Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 150 people, according to police. A Nigerian Red Cross official says the blast occurred as people attempted to siphon fuel from the state-owned line.

Tags

NPR Top Stories

NPR News

National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday

Alana Wise

The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks.
NPR News

Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses

Jeff Brady

Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
NPR News

7 deaths and hundreds of injuries are linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitors

Alana Wise

About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings.
NPR News

'The Abandons' is a sudsy soap opera dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

Glen Weldon

On the surface it's a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.
NPR News

Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children, doctor group says

The Associated Press

Thursday's attack is the latest in the fighting between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, also known as the RSF, and the Sudanese military, who have been at war for over two years.