NPRflipped into Arts & LifeCulture Harold Bloom, A Rare Best-Selling Literary Critic, Dies At 89NPR - Neda UlabyHarold Bloom was a rarity: a best-selling and widely known literary critic. Affectionately dubbed the "King Kong" of criticism, Bloom died Monday at the age of 89, at a hospital in New Haven, Conn., according
NPRflipped into U.S. NewsDallas, TX Former Fort Worth Officer Charged With Murder In Fatal Shooting Of Woman In Her HomeNPR - Tanya Ballard BrownFormer Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean has been arrested and charged with the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. He is being held at the Tarrant County Correction Center. The alleged murder took place
NPRflipped into HealthHealth Care Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. How's That Going?NPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinThe very day President Trump was sworn in — Jan. 20, 2017 — he signed an executive order instructing administration officials "to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay" implementing parts of the
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredBong Joon-ho Movie Review: 'Parasite'NPR - Bob MondelloSnowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho has made a South Korean social satire that's also a genre-bending Palme d'Or-winning thriller of class struggle. No foreign-language film has ever opened at the numbers
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredOil Overturned Cargo Ship In Georgia Stuck On Side, Leaking FuelNPR - Emma HurtThe Golden Ray cargo ship was carrying more than 4,000 new cars when it capsized off the coast of Georgia last month. The crew survived, but the 656-foot ship is still there, lying half-submerged at about
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredJoe Biden Biden Releases Government Ethics PlanNPR - Asma KhalidFormer Vice President Joe Biden released a government ethics plan, blasting President Trump over alleged corruption, as he pushes back against the president's attacks on his son. Former Vice President
NPRflipped into PoliticsPolitics Video Of Fake Trump Attacking Media Is Widely CondemnedNPR - David FolkenflikA graphic video showing a fake President Trump shooting and stabbing journalists and political adversaries was shown during a pro-Trump conference at the president's Miami resort last week. The video graphic
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredPolitics Latest On U.S. Troop Pullout In SyriaNPRNPR's Audie Cornish talks to New York Times Beirut bureau chief Ben Hubbard for the latest U.S. movements in Syria after President Trump ordered the removal of American troops in the north. It was just
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredForests The Deadly Fight To Protect Brazil's AmazonNPR - Philip ReevesBrazilian activists fighting to protect the Amazon from deforestation face violent opposition — sometimes, death. Scores of people fighting to protect the forest have been killed in recent years. For working
NPRflipped into U.S. NewsLinguistics Code Switch: Saving The Endangered Hawaiian LanguageNPR - Shereen Marisol MerajiBy the 1980s, fewer than 50 Hawaiians under age 18 could speak their language. A handful of second-language speakers took it upon themselves to start a school where everything is taught in Hawaiian. It's
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredKurdistan Kurds Align With Syria After U.S. WithdrawalNPR - Daniel EstrinKurdish forces once allied with the U.S. in the fight against ISIS have forged a new alliance with Syria after Washington abandoned them. The deal has sparked a new exodus of people from the region. It's
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredVaping High School Vape Culture Can Be Almost As Hard To Shake As Addiction, Teens SayNPR - Elly YuWhen Will tried his first vape during his sophomore year, he didn't know what to expect. It was just something he had vaguely heard about at school. "I just sort of remember using it a bunch of times,
NPRflipped into U.S. NewsDallas, TX Fort Worth Police Officer Resigns After Fatally Shooting Black Woman In HomeNPRThe chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas, says the white policeman who shot and killed a black woman in her home early Saturday has resigned from the department. The Fort Worth police officer who shot
NPRflipped into PoliticsPolitics Republican Lawmaker Discusses Turkey SanctionsNPRNPR's Audie Cornish interviews Republican Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska about sanctions against Turkey over the country's attack on the Kurdish allies of the U.S. in Syria. President Trump this evening
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredIslamic State (ISIS) Status Of ISIS Detainees In SyriaNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jennifer Cafarella, research director at the Institute for the Study of War, about the status of ISIS detainees in the middle of the chaos in Syria. Let's focus in on the
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredCatalonia Protests Erupt Following Sentencing Of Catalan SeparatistsNPR - Lucia BenavidesThousands of protesters shut down the airport and clashed with riot police in northeastern Spain after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms. Barcelona
NPRflipped into All Things ConsideredJoe Cunningham A South Carolina Democrat's Impeachment HoldoutNPR - Tim MakModerate Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham has not publicly backed the House impeachment inquiry. He's spent the recess talking about other issues like health care in his red-leaning district. In South Carolina,
NPRflipped into BusinessGoogle Google's Response To Antitrust AccusationsNPR - Shannon BondWhen businesses have accused Google of antitrust violations in the past, they've often focused on its key asset: search. We look at the complaints, and Google's response. This month in All Tech Considered,
NPRflipped into World NewsWorld News Ecuador Reaches Fuel Subsidy Deal To End Violent ProtestsNPR - Chris ArnoldEcuadorian President Lenin Moreno and leaders of the country's indigenous peoples have reached a deal to cancel a disputed austerity package. The move follows nearly two weeks of violent, widespread protests.
NPRflipped into Arts & LifeRonan Farrow Documentary Reveals The Depth And Complexity Of Opera Star Maria CallasNPR - Lloyd SchwartzMaria by Callas weaves together performance clips, home movies, interviews and poignant diary excepts to present an intimate portrait of the singer in her own words. This is FRESH AIR. Maria Callas is
NPRflipped into PoliticsHunter Biden Biden Takes On Trump With A Sweeping Ethics Plan, Amid Push Back Over UkraineNPR - Asma KhalidFormer Vice President Joe Biden unveiled an ethics plan on Monday that directly targets President Trump, accusing him of creating the "most corrupt administration in modern history." It's a sign the Democratic
NPRflipped into PoliticsNews White House Distances Itself From Violent Fake Video Targeting Media And CriticsNPR - Franco OrdoñezA disturbing video depicting President Trump shooting, stabbing and setting on fire critics and the media was played at a conference held by a pro-Trump group at his Miami resort. The video rampage was
NPRflipped into Arts & Life Roy, Oh Roy: That 'Succession' Finale Was A TripNPR - Linda HolmesIt is hopefully clear that a review and discussion of the Succession season two finale is not suitable for people who do not want to be spoiled regarding the Succession season two finale. If it is not
NPRflipped into BooksCulture 'How We Fight For Our Lives' Is One Life Story That Finds Connection To OthersNPR - Gabino IglesiasAs How We Fight for Our Lives is Saeed Jones' biography, it is a unique narrative of the events that shaped him. However, it's also a story packed with elements that profoundly connect him to poetry, every
NPRflipped into World NewsWorld News Syrian Troops Move To Support Kurds After U.S. WithdrawalNPR - Rebecca HersherUpdated at 5:33 p.m. ET Kurds in northern Syria have announced an abrupt change in alliances in the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the area. American soldiers had been
NPRflipped into World NewsWorld News Why Are Health-Care Providers Slapping And Yelling At Mothers During Childbirth?NPR - Susan BrinkImagine being in labor for hours, enduring contractions that make you feel as if your insides are tightening, twisting and ripping apart. Your ordeal is almost over, but now, more than ever, you need and
NPRflipped into MusicMusic Elton John On Music, Addiction And Family: 'I'm Proud Of Who I Am Now'NPR - Terry GrossThe recent biopic Rocketman painted a Hollywood version of Elton John's life, but a new memoir, Me, comes straight from the artist himself. In it, he describes how, as a young man, he was determined to
NPRflipped into U.S. NewsScience Pumping Oxygen In A Lake To Try To Save Fish Facing Climate ChangeNPR - Jes BurnsYou'd never suspect it on a whisper-still morning, with the mountains and marsh reflecting off the water, but Upper Klamath Lake in southern Oregon is a tough place to be a fish. The shortnose and Lost
NPRflipped into ScienceNews Death Toll Climbs After Typhoon Hits JapanNPR - Rebecca HersherTyphoon Hagibis slammed into Japan over the weekend, dropping more than 35 inches of rain in some places and causing catastrophic flooding in communities in the region around Tokyo, as well as further
NPRflipped into MusicMusic Shawn Colvin Goes Acoustic With 'Steady On'NPR - Stephen Kallao , Kimberly JunodShawn Colvin was 32 when she released her debut album, Steady On, but she'd already been a musician for more than a decade. The record, which launched Colvin's solo recording career, went on to win a for
