News Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid CrisisNPR - Richard GonzalesA major pharmaceutical distribution company and two of its former executives are facing criminal charges for their roles in advancing the nation's opioid crisis and profiting from it. Rochester Drug Co-Operative
Health Rochester Drug Cooperative Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Role In Opioid EpidemicNPRNPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gary Craig, a Democrat and Chronicle reporter, about the first major pharmaceutical distributor to face federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid epidemic. Transcript
Vaccines World's First Malaria Vaccine Launches In Sub-Saharan AfricaNPR - Michaeleen DoucleffDon't see the graphic above? Click here. Today health officials are making history. They're rolling out the first approved vaccine aimed at stopping a human parasite. It's for malaria — and the hopes that
Census See 200 Years Of Twists And Turns Of Census Citizenship QuestionsNPR - Hansi Lo Wang , Renee KlahrIf the Trump administration gets its way, federal law will require this question to be asked of each person living in all of the country's households in 2020: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"
World News Remembering The Victims Of The Easter Sunday Attacks In Sri LankaNPR - Greg MyreThe victims of Sunday's bombings in Sri Lanka came from around the world. As funerals and burials begin, the victims are being remembered. Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Funerals have been taking place
Census What's At Stake As The Supreme Court Considers Census CaseNPR - Hansi Lo WangThe census case before the Supreme Court could have major implications on how congressional seats and hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds are distributed in the U.S. over the next decade.
Politics Trump Administration Faces Criticism From Left And Right On Proposed Hiring Rule ChangeNPRNPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Marshall Project's Justin George about the Trump administration's proposal for a new hiring rule that has drawn criticism from criminal justice reform advocates. Transcript
World News U.N. Resolution On Sexual Violence Watered Down Due To U.S. OppositionNPR - Michele KelemenUnited Nations diplomats watered down a resolution condemning sexual violence in conflicts, because the Trump administration opposed language about sexual and reproductive health care for survivors. Transcript
Music For One Man, Getting A Degree In Prison Was 'Like Being Released Every Day'NPR - Carrie JungFor many people in prison, an education means a chance at a new life on the outside. One Massachusetts man got that chance, and made the most of it. Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Inmates are among the
Music Music Review: The Comet Is Coming's 'Trust In The Lifeforce Of the Deep Mystery'NPR - Tom MoonThe Comet is Coming defies definition. It's a little space jazz, a little electronic dance music, and all improvisation. The London trio's second album is Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery Transcript
World News Investigation Into The Easter Sunday Attacks Continues In Sri LankaNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sarath Dissanayake, charge d'affaires from the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C., about what is now known about the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. Transcript
Egypt Egypt Approves Constitutional Changes That Could Keep Sissi In Office Until 2030NPR - Merrit KennedyEgyptian voters have approved sweeping constitutional amendments that allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to remain in office until 2030 and further entrench the power of the military. Voters approved
News Mass Funerals Begin In A Grieving Sri LankaNPR - Sasha IngberSri Lanka held its first mass funerals on Tuesday for victims of the Easter Sunday attacks, a string of bombings at churches and hotels that has left a nation in mourning. The death toll rose to 321 people
Bill McKibben Why Democrats Are Eager To Make Climate Change A Central Issue In The 2020 CampaignNPR - Scott DetrowDemocrats have prioritized climate change as an issue in the 2020 presidential campaign. Most candidates have talked about it through the framework of the Green New Deal. Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
NPR Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules 'Tire Chalking' UnconstitutionalNPRNPR's Audie Cornish talks with Anne Gentry, director of the Downtown Development Authority for Alpena, Mich., about a court ruling that parking enforcement by tire chalking is unconstitutional. Transcript
Allahabad India Is Changing Some Cities' Names, And Muslims Fear Their Heritage Is Being ErasedNPR - Lauren FrayerTens of millions of Hindus took a ritual dip in the Ganges River this winter as part of the largest religious festival in the world — the Kumbh Mela. For centuries, the festival has been held in various
Illinois Silicon Valley Company Aims To Help Farmers Compare Seed PricesNPR - Madelyn BeckMajor seed companies have a transparency problem. Farmers can't look up and compare prices for some seeds. Some have turned to co-ops and others to Silicon Valley to try to disrupt the practice. Transcript
Sri Lanka Why The Easter Sunday Attacks Targeting Christians In Sri Lanka Were So ShockingNPRNPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, who studied Christian communities in Sri Lanka, including those attacked Sunday.
Islamic State (ISIS) Terrorism Expert Weighs In On ISIS Claim Of Responsibility In Sri Lanka AttacksNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with terrorism expert and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan about the ISIS claim of responsibility for the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. Transcript AUDIE
NPR What Happened To U.S. Workers?NPR - Cardiff GarciaThe U.S. economy is booming. We've seen sustained low unemployment rates, wages are climbing, and thousands of new jobs being added to the economy every month. The headline numbers focusing on the labor
Wilbur Ross Timeline: The Census Citizenship Question's Unusual Journey To The Supreme CourtNPR - Hansi Lo Wang , Renee KlahrThree federal judges have ruled that the process the Trump administration followed in pushing to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census failed to meet the mark. In Maryland, U.S. District Judge
U.S. Virgin Islands After Two Hurricanes, A 'Floodgate' Of Mental Health Issues In The Virgin IslandsNPR - Greg AllenIn the Virgin Islands, more than a year and a half after two major hurricanes struck the U.S. territory, the effects of the storms are still obvious. Many homes are uninhabitable. On others, blue tarps
Culture Drowning In Parenting Advice? Here's Some Advice For ThatNPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinAt my baby's six-month appointment a few months back, I got a one-pager from the pediatrician titled "Starting Solid Foods." "It is critical that the baby develop a taste for rice cereal at the beginning,
Melinda Gates 'The Moment Of Lift' Is More Of A Whisper Than A Call To ActionNPR - Lily MeyerWriting about Melinda Gates' philanthropic manifesto The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World poses a certain critical challenge. What are the terms on which to evaluate a book that equal
Play buttonWilliam Shakespeare Glenda Jackson On Playing King Lear: Gender Barriers 'Crack' With AgeNPR - Terry GrossShakespeare's King Lear is one of the most challenging and prestigious roles in theater — and one that's traditionally played by a man. But now a new production of King Lear on Broadway stars Glenda Jackson
News 2 Earthquakes Shake The Philippines; At Least 16 DeadNPR - Laurel WamsleyA powerful 6.4 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, the day after a different temblor took lives and collapsed buildings. Rescuers continued to search for survivors from Monday's quake, centered
Technology FAA Certifies Google's Wing Drone Delivery Company To Operate As An AirlineNPR - Bill ChappellThe Federal Aviation Administration has certified Alphabet's Wing Aviation to operate as an airline, in a first for U.S. drone delivery companies. Wing, which began as a Google X project, has been testing
Health The Doctor Killed In Friday's Ebola Attack Was Dedicated ... But Also AfraidNPR - Nurith AizenmanDr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung arrived in Democratic Republic of the Congo just four weeks ago – one of hundreds of disease experts that the World Health Organization has recruited to help curb the
Politics Democrats Consider: Is A White, Straight Man The Safe Bet Against Trump?NPR - Danielle KurtzlebenUpdated at 3:41 p.m. ET Talk to enough Democratic voters this campaign season, and you hear a certain idea over and over. "I'd love to vote for a woman. I'm not sure that any of the women candidates will
Mould Bob Mould Reflects On Albums He Loved As A Youth With 'Sunshine Rock'NPR - Stephen Kallao , John MyersWe welcome back an influential and iconic musician to the punk and hardcore scene, Bob Mould. After blazing trails in the '80s with Hüsker Dü, and in the '90s with Sugar, Mould has had a successful solo
