Mark Memmott

Credit Doby Photography / NPR

Mark Memmott joined NPR News in the spring of 2009 to launch a new blog, "The Two-Way," with co-blogger Frank James.

"The Two-Way" is the place where NPR.org gives readers breaking news and analysis — and where it engages users in conversations ("two-ways") about the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Memmott came to NPR from USA Today, where for over 20 years he worked as a reporter and editor on subjects ranging from politics and, foreign affairs to economics and the media.

In recent years he helped launch and then led three different news blogs at USATODAY.com, including the website's 2008 presidential campaign blog, On Politics.

Pages

8:01am

Thu May 23, 2013
The Two-Way

Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Rewarded With Burgers For Life

Credit Scott Shaw / The Plain Dealer /Landov

Charles Ramsey, the neighbor who helped rescue three young women from a Cleveland home where authorities say they had been held captive and brutalized for about a decade, "will enjoy free burgers for life" in honor of his actions, The Plain Dealer reports.

Read more

7:02am

Thu May 23, 2013
The Two-Way

Jobless Claims Drop, But Stay In Recent Range

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 8:20 am

There were 340,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, down 23,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration reports.

Read more

6:49am

Thu May 23, 2013
The Two-Way

Triple Murder May Link Tsarnaev And Man Killed In Florida

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 2:18 pm

Credit / Reuters /Landov

Ibragim Todashev, the 27-year-old man shot and killed after he allegedly attacked an FBI agent Wednesday in Orlando, may have been involved with Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a 2011 triple murder.

Read more

5:45am

Thu May 23, 2013
The Two-Way

'We Will Never Give In To Terror,' Britain's Cameron Vows

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 11:38 am

(Most recent update: 1:30 p.m. ET.)

One day after a British soldier was hacked to death on a busy southeast London street by two men who were heard claiming that they wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Thursday that "we will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms."

Read more

4:41am

Thu May 23, 2013
The Two-Way

Funerals Begin In Tornado-Ravaged Moore, Okla.

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 10:44 am

Credit Katie Hayes Luke / Katie Hayes Luke for NPR

Funerals began Thursday for the 24 people known to have been killed by the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday.

Read more

Pages