NPR How Will Iran's Seizure Of A British-Flagged Tanker Escalate Tensions?NPR NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ex-U.K. foreign minister David Miliband about Iran seizing the tanker. Miliband is now CEO of the International Rescue Committee. NPR's Greg Myre weighs in on the issue.
South China Sea Cambodia Denies Report Of Deal With China For Use Of Naval BaseNPR - Scott NeumanCambodia's prime minister has denounced as "fake news" a report in The Wall Street Journal that his country had signed a secret deal to allow Chinese warships to use a naval base in the Gulf of Thailand.
Streaming The Success Of Streaming Has Been Great For Some, But Is There A Better Way?NPR - Paula MejiaIt's tough to recall a time when listening to music — and making it — wasn't completely synonymous with streaming. The idea of filling an iPod up with carefully selected digital files almost feels like
Streaming A Borrowed World: Streaming As The New RealityNPR - Andrew FlanaganSeveral years ago, NPR Music published a series of stories that measured up the aggressively nascent space of music streaming, which had finally — after either four, 15 or nearly 100 years, depending where
CBD CBD, A Christian Book Company, Changes Name To Avoid Calls About CBD GummiesNPR Ray Hendrickson has run a business called Christian Book Distributors, or CBD for short, for decades. But he changed the business' name to avoid confusion with CBD, the extract of the cannabis plant.
Cities Plant Cover In Cities Could Combat 'Urban Heat Island Effect'NPR - Brett Dahlberg A large part of the country has been hit with a punishing heat wave. A visit to a suburban parking lot shows more vegetation would help metropolitan areas stay cooler.
Minnesota Minnesota Toddler Drives Toy Tractor To County FairNPR A toddler in Minnesota wanted to go to the nearby Chicago County fair, so he drove there alone on his battery-powered John Deere toy tractor. His father has now removed the battery from the tractor.
Ohio Federal Judge In Ohio Releases Trove Of Opioid Sales RecordsNPR - Brian Mann Documents released as part of the biggest opioid litigation case reveal more internal emails from drug industry executives voicing indifference to addiction risks and the over-use of opioids.
Hong Kong Hong Kong Protesters Clash With Members Of A Masked MobNPR - Julie McCarthy Protests in Hong Kong turned violent over the weekend as clashes erupted between pro-democracy activists and a masked mob. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.
Iran News Brief: Puerto Rico's Governor, Hong Kong Protests, Tensions In IranNPR Puerto Rico's embattled governor says he won't seek reelection. In Hong Kong, an unidentified masked group attacked pro-democracy activists. Tensions are raised when Iran seizes a British oil tanker.
Dialysis First Came Kidney Failure, Then There Was The $540,842 Bill For DialysisNPR - Jenny GoldFor months, Sovereign Valentine had been feeling progressively run-down. The 50-year-old personal trainer, who goes by "Sov," tried changing his workout and diet to no avail. Finally, one Sunday, he drove
A$AP Rocky Amid Growing Demands For Rapper's Release, Trump Vouches For A$AP RockyNPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rolling Stone writer Charles Holmes about rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been detained in Sweden since the beginning of July for his involvement in an altercation.
Alabama As NASA's Apollo Space Program Grew, Alabama Was Pressured To DesegregateNPR - Scott Neuman Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created for the Apollo space program. As the program ramped up, leaders in Huntsville, Ala., realized they needed to desegregate to attract talent.
Diabetes 2 Nurses In Tennessee Preach 'Diabetes Reversal'NPR - Blake FarmerChains, saws and old logging equipment litter the back field of Wendy Norris' family farm, near the county seat of Altamont, Tenn. Norris used to be part of the local timber industry, and the rusted tools
Autism When It Comes To Vaccines And Autism, Why Is It Hard To Refute Misinformation?NPR - Shankar Vedantam For years scientists have said that there is no link between vaccines and autism. There are still many people who are reluctant to vaccinate. But, one woman has changed her mind about vaccines.
Germany In Germany, Working Mothers Say They Face Job DiscriminationNPR - Deborah Amos Working mothers in Germany say they face prejudice and job discrimination in a country where many people still believe a mother's place is in the home.
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Will Not Seek Reelection In 2020NPR - Adrian Florido Puerto Rico's embattled governor has stepped down as head of his party and confirmed that he will not be seeking reelection. He is, however, refusing to resign amid intensifying protests.
NPR The U.K. And The U.S. Could Both Be Led By Blunt-Spoken PopulistsNPR - Frank Langfitt Both President Trump and Britain's Boris Johnson emphasize national identity, an independent foreign policy and don't seem to mind accusation of being "politically incorrect."
Robert Mueller Will Robert Mueller's Testimony Shift The Prevailing Winds In Washington?NPR - Philip EwingRobert Mueller's appearance in Congress this week will be a hinge moment — the question is which way it might swing the political trajectory in Washington. The Democrats who have negotiated for months
Music Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Colin MarshallAs the the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway. It seems the North London 24-year-old can hardly contain his creative energy. It comes out in
World News Yukiya Amano, The Head Of U.N. Nuclear Watchdog, Dies At 72NPR - Scott NeumanYukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has died at age 72, leaving a vacancy at the top of the monitoring body just as tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions appear
Foster Care Don't Have Your Lunch Money? 1 Pennsylvania School District Threatens Foster CareNPR - Bobby AllynDozens of families in Pennsylvania received an alarming letter from their public school district this month informing parents that if their kid's lunch debt was not settled, their child could be removed
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian President's Party Wins Snap Elections In Bid To Consolidate PowerNPR - Scott NeumanExit polls in Ukraine indicate that the party of the country's comedian-turned-president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has won a snap election aimed at strengthening its coalition only months after coming to power.
Whitney Museum At Whitney Museum Biennial, 8 Artists Withdraw In Protest Of Link To Tear Gas SalesNPR - Neda UlabyMore artists are telling the Whitney Museum for American Art they are withdrawing from the museum's high-profile Biennial contemporary art showcase currently underway in New York. "It was a really easy
Marriage Evangelical Writer Who Influenced Purity Culture Announces Separation From WifeNPR - Sarah McCammonJoshua Harris, one of the most influential voices on sex and relationships for a generation of evangelical Christians, announced this past week that he and his wife are separating after 19 years of marriage.
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Says He Will Not Seek Reelection In 2020NPR - Wynne DavisPuerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Sunday that he will not seek reelection in 2020. The announcement follows days of protests across the island sparked by leaked messages between Rosselló and
Marvel Studios Comic-Con 2019, Day 3: Cosplay Day! (Plus, Yes, The Marvel Panel)NPR - Mallory Yu , Petra MayerPetra: It's Saturday! (Or actually, as we're posting this it's now Sunday) I feel the need to reiterate this, lest I forget what day it is or which direction is up! Saturday tends to be the day people
Miami, FL Burglars Lift $2 Million Worth Of Body-Shaping 'Faja' UndergarmentsNPR - Josh Axelrod , Lulu Garcia-NavarroThese burglars came prepared. They cut a hole through the concrete roof and shimmied down into the warehouse. They disabled the alarms. They escaped with $2 million worth of goods. The stolen booty: 34,000
Iran For Britain's Next Prime Minister, A High-Stakes Standoff With Iran AwaitsNPR - Joanna Kakissis , Shannon Van SantThe United Kingdom is trying to defuse an escalating standoff with Iran just days before Britain's ruling Conservative Party announces the successor to Theresa May, who is resigning. Some 160,000 members
Music New Opera 'Blue' Takes On The Tragedy Of Police BrutalityNPR - Jeff LundenOpera is an art form well-suited to big emotions and tragic stories, often set in the past. But a new opera, Blue, grapples with a more contemporary tragedy — the killing of an unarmed black man at the
NPR How Will Iran's Seizure Of A British-Flagged Tanker Escalate Tensions?NPR NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ex-U.K. foreign minister David Miliband about Iran seizing the tanker. Miliband is now CEO of the International Rescue Committee. NPR's Greg Myre weighs in on the issue.
South China Sea Cambodia Denies Report Of Deal With China For Use Of Naval BaseNPR - Scott NeumanCambodia's prime minister has denounced as "fake news" a report in The Wall Street Journal that his country had signed a secret deal to allow Chinese warships to use a naval base in the Gulf of Thailand.
Streaming The Success Of Streaming Has Been Great For Some, But Is There A Better Way?NPR - Paula MejiaIt's tough to recall a time when listening to music — and making it — wasn't completely synonymous with streaming. The idea of filling an iPod up with carefully selected digital files almost feels like
Streaming A Borrowed World: Streaming As The New RealityNPR - Andrew FlanaganSeveral years ago, NPR Music published a series of stories that measured up the aggressively nascent space of music streaming, which had finally — after either four, 15 or nearly 100 years, depending where
CBD CBD, A Christian Book Company, Changes Name To Avoid Calls About CBD GummiesNPR Ray Hendrickson has run a business called Christian Book Distributors, or CBD for short, for decades. But he changed the business' name to avoid confusion with CBD, the extract of the cannabis plant.
Cities Plant Cover In Cities Could Combat 'Urban Heat Island Effect'NPR - Brett Dahlberg A large part of the country has been hit with a punishing heat wave. A visit to a suburban parking lot shows more vegetation would help metropolitan areas stay cooler.
Minnesota Minnesota Toddler Drives Toy Tractor To County FairNPR A toddler in Minnesota wanted to go to the nearby Chicago County fair, so he drove there alone on his battery-powered John Deere toy tractor. His father has now removed the battery from the tractor.
Ohio Federal Judge In Ohio Releases Trove Of Opioid Sales RecordsNPR - Brian Mann Documents released as part of the biggest opioid litigation case reveal more internal emails from drug industry executives voicing indifference to addiction risks and the over-use of opioids.
Hong Kong Hong Kong Protesters Clash With Members Of A Masked MobNPR - Julie McCarthy Protests in Hong Kong turned violent over the weekend as clashes erupted between pro-democracy activists and a masked mob. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.
Iran News Brief: Puerto Rico's Governor, Hong Kong Protests, Tensions In IranNPR Puerto Rico's embattled governor says he won't seek reelection. In Hong Kong, an unidentified masked group attacked pro-democracy activists. Tensions are raised when Iran seizes a British oil tanker.
Dialysis First Came Kidney Failure, Then There Was The $540,842 Bill For DialysisNPR - Jenny GoldFor months, Sovereign Valentine had been feeling progressively run-down. The 50-year-old personal trainer, who goes by "Sov," tried changing his workout and diet to no avail. Finally, one Sunday, he drove
A$AP Rocky Amid Growing Demands For Rapper's Release, Trump Vouches For A$AP RockyNPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rolling Stone writer Charles Holmes about rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been detained in Sweden since the beginning of July for his involvement in an altercation.
Alabama As NASA's Apollo Space Program Grew, Alabama Was Pressured To DesegregateNPR - Scott Neuman Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created for the Apollo space program. As the program ramped up, leaders in Huntsville, Ala., realized they needed to desegregate to attract talent.
Diabetes 2 Nurses In Tennessee Preach 'Diabetes Reversal'NPR - Blake FarmerChains, saws and old logging equipment litter the back field of Wendy Norris' family farm, near the county seat of Altamont, Tenn. Norris used to be part of the local timber industry, and the rusted tools
Autism When It Comes To Vaccines And Autism, Why Is It Hard To Refute Misinformation?NPR - Shankar Vedantam For years scientists have said that there is no link between vaccines and autism. There are still many people who are reluctant to vaccinate. But, one woman has changed her mind about vaccines.
Germany In Germany, Working Mothers Say They Face Job DiscriminationNPR - Deborah Amos Working mothers in Germany say they face prejudice and job discrimination in a country where many people still believe a mother's place is in the home.
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Will Not Seek Reelection In 2020NPR - Adrian Florido Puerto Rico's embattled governor has stepped down as head of his party and confirmed that he will not be seeking reelection. He is, however, refusing to resign amid intensifying protests.
NPR The U.K. And The U.S. Could Both Be Led By Blunt-Spoken PopulistsNPR - Frank Langfitt Both President Trump and Britain's Boris Johnson emphasize national identity, an independent foreign policy and don't seem to mind accusation of being "politically incorrect."
Robert Mueller Will Robert Mueller's Testimony Shift The Prevailing Winds In Washington?NPR - Philip EwingRobert Mueller's appearance in Congress this week will be a hinge moment — the question is which way it might swing the political trajectory in Washington. The Democrats who have negotiated for months
Music Jacob Collier: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Colin MarshallAs the the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway. It seems the North London 24-year-old can hardly contain his creative energy. It comes out in
World News Yukiya Amano, The Head Of U.N. Nuclear Watchdog, Dies At 72NPR - Scott NeumanYukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has died at age 72, leaving a vacancy at the top of the monitoring body just as tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions appear
Foster Care Don't Have Your Lunch Money? 1 Pennsylvania School District Threatens Foster CareNPR - Bobby AllynDozens of families in Pennsylvania received an alarming letter from their public school district this month informing parents that if their kid's lunch debt was not settled, their child could be removed
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian President's Party Wins Snap Elections In Bid To Consolidate PowerNPR - Scott NeumanExit polls in Ukraine indicate that the party of the country's comedian-turned-president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has won a snap election aimed at strengthening its coalition only months after coming to power.
Whitney Museum At Whitney Museum Biennial, 8 Artists Withdraw In Protest Of Link To Tear Gas SalesNPR - Neda UlabyMore artists are telling the Whitney Museum for American Art they are withdrawing from the museum's high-profile Biennial contemporary art showcase currently underway in New York. "It was a really easy
Marriage Evangelical Writer Who Influenced Purity Culture Announces Separation From WifeNPR - Sarah McCammonJoshua Harris, one of the most influential voices on sex and relationships for a generation of evangelical Christians, announced this past week that he and his wife are separating after 19 years of marriage.
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Says He Will Not Seek Reelection In 2020NPR - Wynne DavisPuerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Sunday that he will not seek reelection in 2020. The announcement follows days of protests across the island sparked by leaked messages between Rosselló and
Marvel Studios Comic-Con 2019, Day 3: Cosplay Day! (Plus, Yes, The Marvel Panel)NPR - Mallory Yu , Petra MayerPetra: It's Saturday! (Or actually, as we're posting this it's now Sunday) I feel the need to reiterate this, lest I forget what day it is or which direction is up! Saturday tends to be the day people
Miami, FL Burglars Lift $2 Million Worth Of Body-Shaping 'Faja' UndergarmentsNPR - Josh Axelrod , Lulu Garcia-NavarroThese burglars came prepared. They cut a hole through the concrete roof and shimmied down into the warehouse. They disabled the alarms. They escaped with $2 million worth of goods. The stolen booty: 34,000
Iran For Britain's Next Prime Minister, A High-Stakes Standoff With Iran AwaitsNPR - Joanna Kakissis , Shannon Van SantThe United Kingdom is trying to defuse an escalating standoff with Iran just days before Britain's ruling Conservative Party announces the successor to Theresa May, who is resigning. Some 160,000 members
Music New Opera 'Blue' Takes On The Tragedy Of Police BrutalityNPR - Jeff LundenOpera is an art form well-suited to big emotions and tragic stories, often set in the past. But a new opera, Blue, grapples with a more contemporary tragedy — the killing of an unarmed black man at the
