NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR Caveat Emptor: Something To Keep In Mind When Shopping OnlineNPR A Florida man bought real estate online, paying what seemed like a bargain: about $9,000 for what was advertised as a villa. It was a strip of land between two actual villas
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMarie Curie Cake Decorators Confuse Mariah Carey With Marie CurieNPR Author Harriet Lye says her cousin in England told her colleagues that she wanted a Mariah Carey birthday cake. Instead, she got a cake featuring physicist and chemist Marie Curie.
NPRadded this to BooksCulture 'Fleishman Is In Trouble' Flips Expectations Upside DownNPR - Lily MeyerEverybody I know loves reading Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Even though I understand the gender-political problems inherent in referring to female writers by first names, I struggle to resist expressing my informally,
NPRadded this to World NewsIran U.S. Resident Imprisoned In Iran On Spying Charges Returns To AmericaNPR - Ashley WestermanA U.S. permanent resident who was recently released from prison in Iran is finally making his way back to America, where his three sons live. Nizar Zakka, 52, who is a citizen of Lebanon, was arrested
NPRadded this to Most Emailed Stories Miami Officer Acquitted Of Attempted Manslaughter In Shooting Of CaregiverNPR - Scott NeumanA North Miami police officer has been found guilty of culpable negligence, but was acquitted by a jury on two more serious felonies in connection with a 2016 shooting that wounded the caretaker of an man.
NPRadded this to PoliticsPolitics Apple's Buying Power And The Woman Who Named ItNPR - Greg RosalskyEditor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. Last month, the Supreme Court opened the door for Apple to lose a lot of money. It decided in Apple vs Pepper — the
NPRadded this to HealthInsurance Texas Is Latest State To Attack Surprise Medical BillsNPR - Ashley LopezTexas is now among more than a dozen states that have cracked down on the practice of surprise medical billing. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed legislation Friday shielding patients from a
NPRadded this to PoliticsMelania Trump Trump Set To Officially Launch Reelection, But Hasn't He Been Running All Along?NPR - Jessica TaylorPresident Trump will officially kick off his 2020 reelection campaign with a rally in Florida on Tuesday night. But in reality, he has been running for a second term ever since he took office. The former
NPRadded this to PoliticsCarbon Going 'Zero Carbon' Is All The Rage. But Will It Slow Climate Change?NPR - Nathan RottWarmer oceans could lose one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the century. The world's leading scientists have made it clear that to prevent the worst effects of climate change,
NPRadded this to MusicPlay buttonMusic Poll Results: Your Favorite New Artists Of 2019 (So Far)NPR - Bob Boilen , Robin HiltonYour picks for the best new artists of 2019 (so far) include a lot of bands and musicians we've been following for a while – Maggie Rogers, Stella Donnelly, Nilüfer Yanya and Jade Bird have all been releasing
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Idles: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Bob BoilenMy first time seeing Idles ended with guitarist Mark "Bobo" Bowen frenetically dancing on a bar, his guitar still keeping time, until the swinging neck suddenly shattered some low-hanging, glass lighting
NPRadded this to Morning EditionIowa Iowa Teens Can Do Yard Work For School CreditNPR A high school in Dubuque, Iowa, gives students physical education credit when they go out into the community and do yard work for community members who are older or disabled.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionOrville Meet Orville Peck, A Man With A Fringed Mask Who Sings Like ElvisNPR - Peter Granitz Emerging country musician Orville Peck, who is gay, only appears in public in a cowboy hat and mask, and his voice has earned favorable comparisons to Roy Orbison, Chris Isaak and Elvis Presley.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionNPR 2019 International Air Show Opens In FranceNPR - Eleanor Beardsley A major question on everyone's mind at this year's Paris Air Show is the future prospects of Boeing after the grounding of the 737 Max jets. There have been two deadly crashes involving the plane.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionAffordable Housing Why Democratic Presidential Contenders Are Discussing Affordable HousingNPR - Pam Fessler It seems like almost every Democratic presidential candidate has a proposal for addressing the affordable housing shortage. That is something that's seldom, if ever, occurred before.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionNPR U.S. Southern Border Cities Brace For Surge Of African MigrantsNPR Latin American refugees are not the only ones seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border. A record number of African migrants are traveling up through Mexico, seeking asylum at U.S. ports of entry.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionThe Avengers 'Avengers,' But Make It Without Women, Or Men Hugging, Or Levity In GeneralNPR - Neda UlabyA star of Avengers: Endgame, one of the biggest movies of all time, was completely excised from a modified pirated version of the film — along with everything else in the film seen as feminist or gay.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR Morning News BriefNPR U.S. to send additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East. President Trump to kick off his re-election campaign in Florida. African migrants have been streaming through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionWorld News Denver Apparel Company Executive To Testify Against Planned Tariffs On Chinese ImportNPR Noel King talks to Gail Ross, COO of Krimson Klover, about what she plans to say during public hearings on the Trump administration's proposal to place additional tariffs on Chinese imports.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionProtest Protests Spotlight Hong Kong's 1 Country, 2 Systems Model With ChinaNPR Recent protests are a reminder that Hong Kong has long been considered a thorn in Beijing's side. NPR's Noel King talks to David Rennie of The Economist about Hong Kong's relationship with Beijing.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesIran U.S. Doesn't Want To Go To War With Iran, Retired Admiral McRaven SaysNPR Steve Inskeep talks to retired Admiral William McRaven about the prospects for war with Iran. McRaven, who spent four decades as a Navy SEAL, oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesPosters 50 Years Later: Burning Cuyahoga River Called Poster Child For Clean Water ActNPR - Mark Urycki Cleveland wasn't the first city to have a river burn, but it was the first to get widespread attention. That 1969 blaze helped spur environmental regulations.
NPRadded this to U.S. NewsWhale Watching Whale Watchers And Activists Disagree Over Expanded Protected ZoneNPR - Martin Kaste Whale watching companies are sometimes accused of "loving whales to death." The dispute is especially bitter involving the critically endangered orcas off the coast of Washington state.
NPRadded this to PoliticsFlorida Trump To Kick Off 2020 Presidential Campaign In FloridaNPR - Scott Detrow President Trump filed official paperwork to run for a second term on Inauguration Day. Even though he's held dozens of rallies, he kicks off his reelection campaign in Florida on Tuesday.
NPRadded this to ScienceNPR Scientists Explain Puppy Dog EyesNPR - Vanessa Romo You know that feeling you get when a dog looks into your face and either looks really sad or kind of confused? Scientists say they've figured out why they do that, and why it makes us melt.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesDallas, TX Dallas Police Fatally Shoot Heavily Armed Gunman Outside Federal Courthouse BuildingNPR - Martin Kaste , Scott NeumanDallas police on Monday shot and killed a masked gunman carrying a military-style rifle and 150 rounds of ammunition. Authorities later identified the man as 22-year-old Army veteran Brian Issack Clyde
NPRadded this to World NewsToronto, ON 4 Wounded In Shooting At Toronto Raptors Victory CelebrationNPR - Scott NeumanFour people were wounded in Toronto when gunfire broke out at a rally to honor the newly-minted NBA champion Raptors. The shootings, which occurred mid-afternoon, sparked a stampede from Nathan Philips
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesU.S. Central Command Pentagon Sending 1,000 More U.S. Troops To Middle EastNPR - Richard GonzalesThe Defense Department announced it is deploying 1,000 more U.S. troops to the Middle East "for defensive purposes" amid growing tensions with Iran. Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR NPR Identifies 4th Attacker In Civil Rights-Era Cold CaseNPR - Graham SmithAn NPR investigation has uncovered new evidence in a prominent unsolved murder case from the civil rights era, including the identity of an attacker who admitted his involvement but was never charged.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR 'Sports Illustrated' Magazine Now Under Ross Levinsohn, Exec With Controversial PastNPR - Sasha IngberThe storied magazine Sports Illustrated and its website have a new publisher. The 65-year-old magazine's editorial content will be controlled by a digital outfit called Maven, in a deal announced Monday.
