Microplastics WHO Study Finds No Evidence Of Health Concerns From Microplastics In Drinking WaterNPR - Scott NeumanThe World Health Organization says there's not enough evidence to conclude that microplastics — which exist everywhere in the environment and show up in drinking water — pose any risk to human health,
Jay Inslee Gov. Jay Inslee, Who Ran On Climate Change, Withdraws From Presidential RaceNPR - Amita KellyDemocratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the race. "It's become clear that I'm not going be carrying the ball, I'm not going to be the president, so
Mike Pence Iceland's Prime Minister To Skip Meeting With VP Mike PenceNPR - Richard GonzalesThe top leader of Iceland said she will miss a visit to her tiny North Atlantic nation by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence next month in favor of speaking at a trade union conference in Sweden. Prime Minister
News Captain Who Rescued Migrants At Sea Refuses Paris Medal, Calling It HypocriticalNPR - Sasha Ingber , Vanessa RomoThe captain of a controversial ship that saved migrants in the Mediterranean Sea has refused to accept a medal for her work. Pia Klemp, who is German, gained attention for rescuing thousands of stranded
Culture Alexandra Fuller Turns The Lens On Her Father In Her Memoir 'Travel Light, Move Fast'NPRNPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Alexandra Fuller about her memoir, Travel Light, Move Fast. It centers on her father, Tim Fuller, a self-exiled black sheep who left England for Africa. Writer Alexandra
University of Alaska Fairbanks How Arctic Fires Are Impacting Earth's AtmosphereNPRMore than two million acres of forest have burned in Alaska this year. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with climate change researcher Nancy Fresco about the impact these fires have on the Earth's atmosphere. are
Loans Robert Cameron, New CFPB Student Loan Watchdog, Is A Former Industry ExecutiveNPR - Cory TurnerThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is getting a new student loan watchdog. Robert Cameron is a former top official at one of the large student loan servicing companies the CFPB once policed. Speaking
Play buttonMiles Davis Looking Back On 'Bitches Brew': The Year Miles Davis Plugged Jazz InNPR - Audie Cornish , Noah CaldwellFifty years ago this August, Miles Davis assembled a group of musicians to record the sprawling, groundbreaking album Bitches Brew. With the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone and James Brown
Loans Trump Signs Executive Order Forgiving All Federal Student Loan Debt For Disabled VetsNPR - Quil LawrencePresident Trump has signed a presidential memorandum that is designed to increase the number of "permanently disabled veterans" who erase their federal student loan debt. Some welcome news today for disabled
NRA Trump Softens Support For New Background Check Laws After Call With NRA HeadNPR - Tim MakPresident Trump is softening his support for new background checks for gun buyers after a phone conversation with the head of the NRA. Although the group is in turmoil, it retains its influence. The door
Keynesian Economics Would A Payroll Tax Cut Help The U.S. Economy?NPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jason Furman, who was President Obama's chief economic adviser, about Trump administration's consideration to stimulate the economy via payroll tax cuts. President Trump
World News U.S. Warns Countries Not To Do Business With Iranian Oil Tanker In The MediterraneanNPR - Joanna KakissisAn Iranian oil tanker recently released by authorities in Gibraltar is making it's way across the Mediterranean Sea possibly toward Greece. The U.S. is telling countries not to deal with it. Diplomatic
Kevin McAleenan Immigration Advocate Weighs In On Trump Administration's Move To End Flores AgreementNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Wendy Young, president of the child advocacy organization KIND, about President Trump's moves to change requirements for the detention of migrant children. The Trump administration
Republican Jewish Coalition Trump Again Uses Word Associated With Antisemitism When Talking About Jewish VotersNPR - Tamara KeithPresident Trump has now twice said that anyone who votes for a Democrat is "disloyal" to Jewish People and Israel. But talking about loyalty hearkens to a centuries old antisemitic trope. President Trump
Miami, FL Miami Police Arrest Suspect In Shooting After He Reports His Gun Was StolenNPR - Bobby AllynA man in Miami seemed to be trying to clear his name this week when he presented himself to police as someone who had his gun stolen recently, but the event took a surprising turn when police realized
World News Tens Of Thousands Of Fires Ravage Brazilian Amazon, Where Deforestation Has SpikedNPR - Colin DwyerFires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate. That's the gist of an announcement this week by the country's National Institute for Space Research, or INPE. According to the
Politics Migrant Children Could Be Detained Indefinitely Under A New Trump Administration RuleNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with White House spokesman Adam Kennedy about the Trump administration's plan to end the Flores agreement, changing how migrant children are detained. Migrant children could
Native Americans Native American Tribes Say Indian Horse Relays Are America's First Extreme SportNPR - Nate Hegyi One of the ways Native tribes in the West celebrate their history and culture is through annual summer horse races. They're known as Indian Relays, and tribes call them America's first extreme sport.
U.S. Geological Survey Wildlife Staff Outside Denver Work To Stop The Spread Of Plague Among Prairie DogsNPRAn outbreak of plague has struck a prairie dog population outside of Denver. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with research wildlife biologist Dean Biggins about the risks to the region's ecology. So there's new
World News 'The Government Is Very Afraid': Meet Moscow's New Opposition Leader, Lyubov SobolNPR - Lucian KimLyubov Sobol looks frail after ending a monthlong hunger strike. The unexpected protagonist of equally unexpected anti-government demonstrations in the Russian capital this summer, she speaks softly and
Guns Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer On His Vision For Gun ControlNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer about his vision for more effective gun control and his desire to meet with President Trump during his Louisville visit. Ahead of today's trip
Ransomware What Can Be Done To Fight Back Against Ransomware AttacksNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Josephine Wolff, a professor at Tufts University, about software that is available to help ransomware victims recover their files and why it is rarely used in the U.S. Texas,
Red Flag Law How Red Flag Laws Are Used In VermontNPR - Melissa BlockRecent mass shootings have accelerated calls for more "red flag" or "extreme risk" laws. But they're far more likely to be used in cases of threatened suicide. We've been hearing a lot of talk about red
Plastic Plastics: What’s Recyclable, What Becomes Trash — And WhyNPR - NPR StaffThis type of packaging flattens out on the MRF’s conveyor belt and ends up being incorrectly sorted and mixed with paper, rendering the whole bale unsellable. Even if pouches were collected and separated
Business Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On ImportsNPR - Scott HorsleyThe Trump administration struck a tentative deal to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn the agreement could still put protectionist roadblocks in the path of $2 billion worth
Baltimore, MD Teen Gets Life Sentence For Killing Police Officer In Baltimore CountyNPR - Bill ChappellA Baltimore County judge has sentenced Dawnta Harris to a life term in prison for the murder of police Officer Amy Caprio. Harris was 16 when the stolen Jeep he was driving ran over Caprio, 29, in the
Recycling More U.S. Towns Are Feeling The Pinch As Recycling Becomes CostlierNPR - Rebecca DavisWhen curbside recycling caught on in the 1970s, it was mostly about cans, glass, cardboard and paper. That's how Donald Sanderson remembers it. Sanderson is 90 years old, an earnest man with a ready smile.
C-Bo The Federal Budget Deficit Is Getting Bigger As Spending GrowsNPR - Scott HorsleyCongressional budget forecasters are predicting more red ink — nearly $1 trillion this year — as a result of the bipartisan spending agreement lawmakers struck this summer. The nonpartisan Congressional
NRA Outlook Uncertain On Gun Policy As Trump Signals Openness — With NRA In His EarNPR - Tim MakPresident Trump said he is willing to get behind some changes to background checks for gun buyers as long as Democrats don't move the goalposts and lead him down a "slippery slope." The president told
IBM Watson Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily LifeNPR - Scott HensleyAt some point nearly everyone has to deal with pain. How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll. First, we wanted
