NPRadded this to World NewsIran Pompeo Says 'There's No Doubt' Iran Attacked 2 TankersNPR - Daniella CheslowU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubled down Sunday on the claim that Iran was responsible for attacks on two tankers traveling in the Strait of Hormuz, despite furnishing no new evidence beyond a
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR Father's Day Movie PicksNPR NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist and critic Jimi Izrael about the best movies to watch on Father's Day.
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredNPR After Leader Shelves Extradition Bill, Protesters Return Angrier To StreetsNPR - Anthony Kuhn The Hong Kong government's decision to shelve a controversial extradition bill didn't work to stop protesters. Many took to the streets for the second Sunday in a row.
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredNPR Dorothy Counts-Scoggins Honored At High School She Integrated In 1957NPR - Gwendolyn Glenn In 1957, Dorothy Counts-Scoggins integrated her school in Charlotte, N.C. Now students at her old campus unveiled a plaque to honor her.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesDiversity Sports Analyst: NBA Reliance On Analytics Hurts Diversity HiringNPR NPR's Michel Martin speaks with ESPN analyst Jalen Rose about why he thinks advanced analytics is hindering diversity hiring in the NBA.
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredNPR Protestors Call For Hong Kong Leader To Step DownNPR NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Galileo Cheng, social affairs executive for the Hong Kong Catholic Institution Staff Association, who has been at the protests in Hong Kong all day.
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesSlavery House Panel To Consider Slavery Reparations ProposalsNPR A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing this week focused on reparations for slavery. NPR's Michel Martin talks about it with Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democratic Congresswoman from Texas.
NPRadded this to BooksIslamophobia A Muslim In Rural, White Minnesota On How To 'Love Thy Neighbor'NPR - James DoubekDr. Ayaz Virji was a Muslim living in small-town, white America. He had left a good job in a leadership position at a successful hospital in Harrisburg, Penn., in order to practice medicine in a rural,
NPRadded this to All Things ConsideredPlay buttonMusic The Score Of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' Sounds Like No Other In 2019NPR - Tim GreivingThe Last Black Man in San Francisco is a film about how the California city has transformed in ways that have benefited the extremely wealthy and harmed its black residents. It's also a fairy tale about
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNotre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame Holds 1st Mass Since Fire Devastated The Historic Paris CathedralNPR - Jake CigaineroExactly two months to the day after a fire blazed through the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the church held its first Mass on Saturday. Instead of his traditional miter hat, the archbishop
NPRadded this to BusinessBoeing Boeing CEO Admits Mistake In 737 MAX CommunicationNPR - Daniella CheslowBoeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg says the company should have been more transparent with regulators and the public when Boeing discovered a safety light was not operating as designed. made
NPRadded this to SportsChile U.S. Continues Dominance In Women's World Cup With 3-0 Win Over ChileNPR - Russell LewisThe United States Women's National Team continued to show why it's the best team in the world with another stellar performance in the Women's World Cup. The U.S. defeated Chile 3-0 before a sell-out crowd
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesPolicing Phoenix Mayor Apologizes After Police Draw Gun On Family After Child Takes DollNPR - Bobby AllynThe mayor of Phoenix is apologizing to the city following recently released video showing police officers pointing their guns and threatening to shoot a 22-year-old father who was with his pregnant fiancée
NPRadded this to World NewsUruguay Millions In Argentina And Uruguay Without Electricity After Power FailureNPR - Daniella CheslowArgentina's energy secretary Gustavo Lopetegui says more than half the country's power has been restored after an unprecedented power failure plunged tens of millions of people into darkness Sunday. He
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesChile Women's World Cup: Team USA To Bring All They Have Against ChileNPR - Laurel WamsleyWhen the U.S. plays Chile on Sunday at the Parc des Princes in their second match of the Women's World Cup, it will be the first time the U.S. women's team has ever played in Paris. But the squad is certainly
NPRadded this to World NewsHong Kong Hong Kong Executive Apologizes As Protests Continue Over Extradition BillNPR - Anthony Kuhn , Daniella CheslowHong Kong's top official Carrie Lam issued a rare apology Sunday for her management of an extradition bill, but stopped short of withdrawing the proposal as protests coursed through the city. A government
NPRadded this to Arts & LifeCulture 'The Shanghai Free Taxi' Delves Deep Into China's TroublesNPR - Gabino IglesiasOne of the best ways to get know a country is by talking to its people. NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt, who has covered China and other countries over a span of nearly two decades, proves this in latest
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesBaltimore These 'Ties That Bind' Explore Life With FatherNPR - Jon KalishIn the fall of 2017, a dozen women in New York's Catskill Mountains came together for a craft project. Many of them were New York City transplants, and most were either retired or semi-retired; they needed
NPRadded this to World NewsWorld News Sudan's Internet OutageNPR - Eyder PeraltaSudanese authorities shut down the Internet around the same time that they violently broke up an opposition sit-in seeking civilian rule. The protesters are gone, but the Internet is still down. The entire
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesSchaefer A Spelling Bee Coach On How To Spell SuccessNPRFive spellers in this year's National Spelling Bee shared a coach: a retired school teacher from Denver. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bill Schaefer, who's been been teaching spelling since the 1970s. 565
NPRadded this to MusicMusic David Schelzel On The Ocean Blue's 'Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves'NPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves. In 1986, a group of high-school kids from Hershey, Pa., got together
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesRose Lavelle New U.S. Players Poised To Make Big Impact In World CupNPR - Laurel WamsleyRose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan and Mallory Pugh are the new faces of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. Who they are tells us about how the career paths of elite women footballers have changed. The U.S.
NPRadded this to BooksCulture The Charleston Church Massacre And 'Grace Will Lead Us Home'NPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jennifer Berry Hawes about her new book, Grace Will Lead Us Home, which chronicles the aftermath of the 2015 Charleston church shooting. Four years ago tomorrow, a
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesRobin Wright Robin Wright On U.S.-Iran TensionsNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses the situation with Iran and the attacks on ships in the Middle East with foreign affairs expert Robin Wright. The accusations and denials continue, as does the threat
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesSomalia Somalia's Foreign Minister Makes Appeal To DiasporaNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ahmed Isse Awad, the foreign minister of Somalia, about his appeal to Somalis in the U.S. to come home and help Somalia rebuild. For decades now, Somalia has been for
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesGulf of Mexico The Gulf Of Mexico's Expanding Dead ZoneNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais about the expanding dead zone that is likely to appear in the Gulf of Mexico because of record Midwest rains. Bad news is flowing the
NPRadded this to World NewsHong Kong Island Hong Kong's Winding HistoryNPRVictoria Hui, a Hong Kong native and political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, explains Hong Kong's political history as protests continue there. Protests continue this weekend in Hong Kong,
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesSouth Carolina Democrats Campaign In South CarolinaNPRNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with reporter Gavin Jackson of SCETV about the Democratic presidential candidates' efforts to appeal to South Carolina voters, especially African Americans. Democratic
NPRadded this to U.S. NewsVermont Politics Vermont Governor Vetoes Gun Waiting Period BillNPRVermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill mandating a waiting period for gun purchases. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to an advocate for the bill, Alyssa Black, whose son killed himself with a gun. One in
NPRadded this to World NewsGuatemala City Guatemalans Go To The PollsNPRGuatemalans go to the polls today to elect a new president and members of Congress. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Martín Rodríguez Pellecer, editor of the news website Nómada. The challenges in
