NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesPhiladelphia, PA 72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media PostsNPR - Bobby AllynThe Philadelphia Police Department has pulled 72 officers off their regular duties as authorities investigate inflammatory social media posts revealed in a database that found thousands of offensive postings
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNew York City NYC's Controversial Rent Control Measure Could Spread To The Rest Of The StateNPR - Charles LaneAs tenants embrace protections in NYC's new rent control measures, landlords worry it will set a national precedent and chase good landlords out of the business and degrade rental housing. That Holy Grail
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMicrosoft Teams Putting A Price On Chat: Slack Is Going Public At $16 Billion ValueNPR - Amy ScottIn just five years, Slack has grown to have more than 10 million users and has become a verb in the process. "I'll Slack you" is shorthand for sending a message via the workplace chat platform. On Thursday,
NPRadded this to U.S. News Alabama's Africatown Hopes For Revival After Slave Ship DiscoveryNPR - Debbie ElliottThe recent discovery of the remains of the last slave ship to the United States is bringing hope of revival to Africatown. It's a small community in Mobile, Ala., founded by African captives brought on
NPRadded this to World NewsWorld News U.S. Women To Take On Their Biggest Opponent Yet With Game Against SwedenNPR - Laurel WamsleyThe biggest test for the U.S. Women's National Team at the Women's World Cup comes Thursday when the U.S. takes on Sweden. It's been a busy week with many notable performances. The U.S. women's soccer
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredMaine The Recent Influx Of African Asylum Seekers Is Taxing Social Services In MaineNPR - Robbie FeinbergMany African asylum seekers have made their way to Portland, Maine. They are joining large communities of immigrants from the Congos, Angola and other countries who have settled there. After arriving Texas
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesSan Antonio, TX Hundreds Of Migrants From Central Africa Cross Southern U.S. Border To Seek AsylumNPR - Bonnie PetrieThe crisis on the Southern border has been driven by a surge of Central American migrants. Now there's a new face of the crisis: hundreds of African migrants crossing the border to seek asylum. The vast
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesScience There's More To Look Forward To After Peaking ProfessionallyNPR - Mary Louise KellyWhen it comes to our working lives, there's a point when we're no longer in our prime. But science shows that we hit our peak professionally far sooner than we think we do. That's the conclusion social
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesJuan Guaidó Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Faces A Corruption Scandal Of His OwnNPR - Philip ReevesVenezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is under scrutiny over allegations that two of his representatives in neighboring Colombia misappropriated money meant to support Venezuelan security forces. It's
NPRadded this to World NewsJamal Khashoggi U.N. Report Calls For International Investigation Of Jamal Khashoggi's KillingNPRNPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Agnes Callamard, U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the human rights office, about her report on Jamal Khashoggi's death. And
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredElissa Slotkin Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin Discusses Tensions With Iran And Pentagon ShakeupNPRNPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who sits on the Armed Services Committee, about the shakeup at the Pentagon and tensions with Iran. We'll turn now to one member of Congress
NPRadded this to PoliticsIran Lawmakers Express Concern About Prospect Of A Military Conflict With IranNPR - Tim MakBoth Republicans and Democrats want more details on the Trump administration's policy on Iran, and some in Congress argue there needs to be a new authorization for any military operation. As the U.S. more
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesJamal Khashoggi U.N. Report Implicates Saudi Crown Prince In Killing Of Jamal KhashoggiNPR - Jackie NorthamEditor's note: This story contains graphic details of the actions leading up to Jamal Khashoggi's death. A special U.N. investigator says Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated
NPRadded this to World NewsWorld News 5 Years After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Was Shot Down, Charges Have Been FiledNPR - Teri SchultzDutch prosecutors have charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with the murder of nearly 300 passengers and crew, who died when Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014. Five years
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesEuropean Union Robert Menasse Looks At The People Who Make the European Union Run In 'The Capital'NPRNPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Austrian novelist Robert Menasse about his new book, an absurdist comic tragedy called The Capital, for which he embedded with European Union civil servants in Brussels. every
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredPolitics Why Trump's White House Seems To Be Having So Much Trouble With The Vetting ProcessNPRNPR's Ari speaks with David Gergen, a former adviser to four presidents, who is currently with CNN and Harvard Kennedy School, about the vetting process for acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. matter
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Following A Fiery Controversy, Legal Issues Mount For Universal MusicNPR - Anastasia TsioulcasA previously underreported fire at a California amusement park in June 2008 — and allegations of an ensuing coverup — could potentially upend the future of the world's biggest record company. A massive
NPRadded this to U.S. NewsChinatown What Happens When A Hot New Restaurant Transforms An Established Old NeighborhoodNPRNPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Frank Shyong of the Los Angeles Times about how popular restaurants, and the clients they attract, are changing places like L.A.'s Chinatown. in LA's Chinatown neighborhood,
NPRadded this to PoliticsSteve Bullock Montana Gov. Steve Bullock On How Democrats Can Win Over Voters In Red StatesNPR - Scott DetrowMontana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat running for president, presides over a state Donald Trump carried in 2016. He's making a pitch for how to win back voters in 2020 who went for the president. A week
NPRadded this to World NewsWorld News U.N. Refugee Agency Says Nearly 71 Million People Were Displaced In 2018NPR - Eyder PeraltaThe United Nations refugee agency says nearly 71 million people were officially displaced in 2018, the highest number since World War II. Ethiopia topped the list with 1.5 million people. The United Nations
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredObama Administration Former Acting ICE Director Weighs In On Trump's Plan To Deport MillionsNPRNPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Sandweg, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, about President Trump's pledge to deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally. President Trump
NPRadded this to PoliticsNews Judge's Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship QuestionNPR - Hansi Lo WangA new order by a federal judge in Maryland sets up a potential new block against the Trump administration's plans to add a citizenship question to forms for the upcoming 2020 census. The latest development
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesKeith Raniere NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Found Guilty Of All Charges In Sex Cult CaseNPR - Vanessa RomoThe leader of NXIVM, a group that espoused a philosophy of self-improvement but was accused of recruiting, grooming and even branding an inner circle of female sex slaves, was found guilty Wednesday by
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesHoney Bees More Bad Buzz For Bees: Record Number Of Honeybee Colonies Died Last WinterNPR - Susie NeilsonIt's a sweltering morning in Beltsville, Md., and I'm face-to-face with bee doom. Mark Dykes, a "Bee Squad coordinator" at the University of Maryland, shakes a Mason jar filled with buzzing honeybees are
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesGlaciers I Spy, Via Spy Satellite: Melting Himalayan GlaciersNPR - Pien HuangThe world's glaciers are melting faster than before, but it still takes decades to see changes that are happening at a glacial pace. To look back in time, researchers are turning to a once-secret source:
NPRadded this to PoliticsJoe Biden Democrats Blast Biden For Recalling 'Civil' Relationship With SegregationistsNPR - Scott DetrowThe day after former Vice President Joe Biden recalled his "civil" and productive working relationships decades ago with two longtime segregationist and racist fellow lawmakers, fellow Democrats are pouncing.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Marissa Nadler Lends Out Her Trademark Haunting VocalsNPR - Stephen Kallao , John MyersBoston-based singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler has been making old school country with a twist since 2004, but that twist has turned in many directions since then. It's led to her lending those trademark
NPRadded this to MusicPlay buttonMusic Alt.Latino Playlist: Mid-Summer Slow Jams And A Father's Day Card Lost In The MailNPR - Felix Contreras , Stefanie FernándezThis week on Alt.Latino's Spotify and Apple Music playlists: Cuco announces his new album, Para Mi, with some "Feelings" and Bad Bunny sings a bolero (under his birth name) for fathers. At any Cuco show
NPRadded this to Arts & LifeAva DuVernay Ava DuVernay Focuses On The Central Park 5's Perspective: 'Now People Know'NPR - Terry GrossDuVernay's Netflix series, When They See Us, tells the story of how five black and brown teenagers were manipulated into confessing to a brutal rape they did not commit. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.
NPRadded this to Fresh AirToy Story To Infinity And ... Be Done: After 4 Films, Have We Finally Outgrown 'Toy Story'?NPR - Justin ChangThe Toy Story movies are about the secret lives of dolls and action figures that find their deepest fulfillment in a child's embrace. But they're really about what it means to be human: the joys of love
