Sonny Perdue White House To Announce $16 Billion In Aid To Farmers Hurt By Trade War With ChinaNPR - Bobby AllynThe Trump administration will provide $16 billion in aid to farmers hit hardest by the yearlong trade war between the U.S. and China, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Thursday. Perdue told Fox News
Music Stream The 'Revelación': Our Favorite Latin Songs This WeekNPR - Felix Contreras , Stefanie FernándezOn one hand, Latin pop is an endless stream of singles from a handful of talented musicians who just dominate that arena. On the other, Latinx musicians are tearing down the walls of genre and creating
Culture 'The Queen' Reveals The Story Of The Woman Who Became A Symbol Of Welfare FraudNPR - Ilana MasadI have a theory: We, consumers of media in a capitalist, money-obsessed country, love a good fraudster. There's some compelling evidence, too. Exhibit A: Catch Me If You Can, the high-grossing 2002 film
Business McDonald's Protests Over Sexual Harassment Grow As Shareholders MeetNPR - Yuki NoguchiProtests against alleged sexual harassment of McDonald's employees are planned for 13 cities from Los Angeles to Miami on Thursday. The issue also will be a focus at the company's shareholder meeting Dallas.
Music Watch White Denim Perform 'Shanalala'KCRWNPR - Tyler HaleAustin, Texas-based band White Denim absolutely tore through its live session on Morning Becomes Eclectic with an energy and swagger that bent KCRW's airwaves. Technically proficient and loud as hell,
Politics How Trump Breaks With Clinton And Nixon On Governing While Under InvestigationNPR - Ron ElvingThe presidency of Donald Trump reached a new and ominous phase this week in its confrontations with opponents within the government. Beleaguered by investigations on several fronts, the president made
NPR Indian Prime Minister Modi Wins Re-ElectionNPR - Lauren Frayer , Rachel Martin Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won re-election and his party performed well in parliamentary elections. What does his victory signal about the world's most populous democracy?
NPR Deadly Tornadoes Strike MidwestNPR - Frank Morris Several tornadoes struck Missouri overnight, destroying homes and leaving at least three dead in the state. Rescue efforts are ongoing.
India It Appears India's Prime Minister Is Poised For Election WinNPR - Lauren Frayer Votes are being counted in India after elections that lasted six weeks. Early results show a landslide for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatijya Janata Party.
Democrats Democrats Are Divided Over Whether To Pursue Impeaching TrumpNPR Rachel Martin talks to political consultant David Axelrod, who ran President Obama's campaigns, about the rift within the Democratic Party over whether to impeach President Trump.
Culture These 'Empty Words' Are Full Of LifeNPR - Lily MeyerThe Uruguayan novelist Mario Levrero, who died in 2004, is beloved among Latin American readers for his gleeful weirdness. Levrero wrote comic book scripts, crosswords, brain teasers, and novels, all which
Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain's Used Paper Plate Sold At California AuctionNPR The Nirvana frontman was eating pizza before a 1990 show in Washington, D.C., and he needed to write down his set list on. He grabbed his plate and listed the songs. The plate sold for $22,000.
Policing Police In New York Pull Over Driver With Hand-Drawn Inspection StickerNPR The officer ticketed the driver for an unregistered vehicle. It's hard to know what tipped off the officer: the wobbly handwriting, the homemade bar code or the pink construction paper.
News The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World's Worst Measles OutbreaksNPR - Jason BeaubienThe measles outbreak got so bad in Manila, Philippines, that San Lazaro Hospital had to set up tents in the parking lot, the courtyard and even the landing at the top of the stairs outside the pediatric
News 3 Killed As Violent Tornadoes Cause 'Devastation' In MissouriNPR - Matthew S. SchwartzA devastating series of storms late Wednesday spawned multiple tornadoes that caused extensive damage to several buildings and led to three deaths in Missouri. "There was a lot of devastation throughout
NPR U.S. May Blacklist Chinese Surveillance Firm, 'New York Times' ReportsNPR - Rob Schmitz The Trump administration is considering limiting Chinese surveillance company Hikvision's ability to buy American technology, according to reporting from The New York Times.
Steven Mnuchin Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says New $20 Bill Won't Come Out Until 2028NPR - Don Gonyea Steven Mnuchin confirmed Wednesday that an Obama-era plan to put the image of anti-slavery campaigner Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, would not be enacted during the Trump administration.
NPR Why Banning Plastic Grocery Bags Could Be A Bad MoveNPR - Stacey Vanek Smith Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can do great harms to wildlife. Cities and states across the country are banning plastic bags, but those bans may be having unintended consequences.
Taliban 'American Taliban' To Be Released From Prison ThursdayNPR - Hannah Allam John Walker Lindh will be set free from prison after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence. His release tests how the government will deal with extremists who have served their time.
Brexit Negotiations Older Britons Complain U.K. Has Been Bullied In Brexit NegotiationsNPR - Frank Langfitt Brexiteers, nostalgic for the days of the British Empire, feel Europe still owes them from rescuing the continent from the Nazis, and complain the European Union has humiliated their prime minister.
African-American News As Employment Rises, African American Transplants Ride Jobs Wave To The SouthNPR - Daniella CheslowBrittany Smith grew up mostly in Detroit, earning a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan. But when she and her then-boyfriend, Sam, began their careers, they ran into roadblocks.
NPR Low-Key Election Supervisors' Meeting Takes On New DimensionNPR - Pam Fessler Florida's 67 election supervisors are meeting after it was revealed that two counties had their election systems hacked in 2016. They are discussing how to secure systems for next year's elections.
20th Century Since The 1960s, Researchers Track Perry Preschool Project ParticipantsNPR - Shankar Vedantam For decades, researchers have followed the participants of a 1960's preschool program. They found a range of social and economic benefits, and not just for the participants in the program.
NPR Could Trump's Plan Of Merit-Based Immigration Work In The U.S.?NPR NPR's Noel King talks to Mireille Paquet, professor of political science at Concordia University in Montreal, about how effective merit-based immigration has been on Canada's immigration system.
Taliban Lawmakers Briefed On U.S. Negotiations With The TalibanNPR - Michele Kelemen The U.S. envoy on Afghanistan is updating Congress on his talks with the Taliban, while Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S. says her government is still being left out.
China News Brief: White House Meeting, 'American Taliban,' China's HikvisionNPR - Steve Inskeep , Rachel Martin Trump meeting with Democrats escalates in blame-trading. After 17 years in federal prison, John Walker Lindh is to be released. The White House may blacklist a Chinese video surveillance company.
NPR Trump Loses Another Bid To Prevent Congress From Seeing His FinancialsNPR - Jim Zarroli A federal judge in New York has rebuffed President Trump's request to block Deutsche Bank, his longtime bank, from handing over financial records to two House committees.
Play buttonMusic Joel Ross And His (Exceptionally) Good VibesNPR - Nate ChinenThere comes a moment in almost any performance by vibraphonist Joel Ross when he seems to slip free of standard cognitive functions and into a bodacious flow state. Invariably, he's in the midst of a improvisation.
Texas 8th-Grader From Texas Wins 2019 National Geographic BeeNPR Three finalists competed Wednesday to take home the title at the National Geographic Bee. The winner is Nihar Janga of Texas, who was a GeoBee finalist in 2018.
