El Salvador U.S., El Salvador Sign New Asylum Deal To Stem Tide Of MigrantsNPR - Richard GonzalesThe United States and El Salvador signed an agreement Friday aimed at deterring the flow of migrants seeking to enter this country by requiring them to seek asylum in that Central American nation on their
Twitter Twitter Removes Thousands Of Accounts For Manipulating Their PlatformNPR - Peter TalbotTwitter permanently suspended thousands of accounts in its ongoing effort to fight the spread of disinformation and political discord on its platform, the company announced Friday. The accounts originated
World News Trump Sends Troops To Middle East After Attack On Saudi Oil FacilitiesNPR - Richard GonzalesPresident Trump has authorized the deployment of additional U.S. forces to the Middle East to strengthen air and missile defenses around Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon announced
Trump Administration 23 States Sue Trump Administration In Escalating Battle Over Emissions StandardsNPR - Colin DwyerJust two days after the Trump administration revoked California's right to set its own emissions standards for automobiles, the state has fired back. California, 22 other states and several major cities
Antonio Brown New England Patriots Cut Antonio BrownNPR - Esteban BustillosThe New England Patriots have cut Antonio Brown after just 11 days with the team. The wide receiver is accused of sexual assault and his future in the NFL is now in doubt. To the NFL now. The New England
Music Through Grief and Growing Pains, Kemba Creates 'Gilda'NPR - Audie Cornish , Fatma TanisGrief can feel like a new world emerging, swallowing up the reality you once knew and expanding into something entirely all-consuming. New York rapper Kemba used that monolithic feeling to create his label
Politics Background On The Intelligence Community Whistleblower's ComplaintNPR - Audie Cornish , Ryan LucasWhat was so concerning that a U.S. intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint? That's the question in Washington. When asked about it, President Trump tried to put the focus on Joe Biden. What
Cigarettes Walmart To Stop Selling E-CigarettesNPR - Alina SelyukhWalmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes, at namesake stores and Sam's Club locations. The nation's largest retailer is responding to growing health concerns around vaping, especially among
Photography PHOTOS: Drag Queens In South Africa Embrace Queerness And TraditionNPR - Lee-Ann Olwage, Sasha IngberWhen Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie dresses in drag, she doesn't typically go for on the sequins and feather boas worn by performers on RuPaul's Drag Race. A post-graduate student of education at Stellenbosch
World News How To Design A Female-Friendly ToiletNPR - Emily VaughnJust because there's a toilet built for women and girls, it doesn't necessarily meet their needs. A growing body of literature says public and school toilets in low- and middle-income countries all too
Politics Week In Politics: Whistleblower Controversy, IranNPRRamesh Ponnuru of The National Review and Bloomberg Opinion and Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post talk about the whistleblower controversy and Iran. While President Trump insists that his communications
Adam Vinatieri Veteran NFL Kicker Battles 'Demons' That Can Come With The JobNPR - Tom GoldmanIndianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri is 46 and the oldest player in the NFL. He'd been going strong - until this season. He says he is dealing with mental "demons" that some kickers can feel. In the
Kids In Mexican Border Town, A Pop-Up School For Migrant ChildrenNPR - Reynaldo LeanosVolunteers in the Mexican border town of Matamaros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, have created a pop-up school on a downtown sidewalk for migrant children to attend. Now let's visit an
Walmart Walmart To Stop Selling E-CigarettesNPR - Colin DwyerWalmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at Walmart and Sam's Club locations. Today Walmart announced that it is ending the sale of electronic cigarettes. As NPR's Colin Dwyer reports, announcement
New York Public Library Creator Of Theatre On Film And Tape Archive Dies At 98NPR - Jeff LundenBetty Corwin, creator of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, has died at 98. Her project preserves theatrical performances for theater professionals, scholars and New York library card holders. One of
Science EPA Administrator Weighs In On California Emissions DecisionNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler about the administration's plans to revoke California's authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards. California today filed its
Playwrights With 'Slave Play,' A Young Playwright Provokes His Way To BroadwayNPR - Ari Shapiro , Gustavo ContrerasEven in Times Square — crammed with tourists from around the world dodging people in superhero costumes — the playwright Jeremy O. Harris stands out. He's walking down the sidewalk with two thick and braids,
Texas Southeast Texas Cleans Up After Tropical Storm ImeldaNPR - Gail DelaughterSoutheast Texas is cleaning up after the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda doused the region. At least two people died and hundreds were flooded out of their homes or trapped in cars. Houston and the of
China China Has A Lot At Stake As Attacks In Persian Gulf RiseNPR - Jim ZarroliChina is the world's largest importer of oil. It buys a lot of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and is investing heavily in Iran. So China is especially vulnerable to instability in the Middle East. Saudi said
Climate Millions Of Young People Take To Streets To Combat Climate ChangeNPR - Jeff Brady , Audie CornishSwedish teenager Greta Thunberg joins other school strike activists in New York and around the world ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit. From Germany and Pakistan to Nigeria and New York, millions young
Codes The Supreme Court And Code Of EthicsNPR - Nina Totenberg , Ari ShapiroA new sexual misconduct allegation against Justice Brett Kavanugh raises questions about why the Supreme Court doesn't have a code of conduct. Ari Shapiro talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg. The most recent
Politics Trump Dismisses Whistleblower's ClaimsNPR - Audie Cornish , Franco OrdoñezPresident Trump dismissed a whistleblower's claims that he had made inappropriate promises to a foreign leader during a phone call earlier this year. He also announced new sanctions on Iran. President
News Pelosi Rejects 'Socialist' Attacks On Her Prescription Drug BillNPR - Susan DavisHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation this week that would give the federal government sweeping new authority to regulate and lower the cost of prescription drugs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch
Culture 'They Will Have To Die Now' Is A Bare-Knuckles Account Of The Fight Against ISISNPR - Tom BowmanJames Verini calls himself a "coward and a hypocrite." Why? For not having the guts to cover the Afghanistan war after reporting on the destruction of the World Trade Center as a young reporter. Heading
News Pelosi Says Congress Should Pass New Laws So Sitting Presidents Can Be IndictedNPR - Susan Davis , Ari Shapiro , Jessica TaylorIn an exclusive interview with NPR, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not changed her mind on pursuing impeachment but is ready to change the law to restrain presidential power and make it clear
Nuclear Energy Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shuts DownNPR - Brett SholtisThree Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania stopped producing electricity at noon on Friday, part of Exelon Corp.'s plan to close and decommission the plant over the next 60 years. The closure
Iran Saudi Attack Draws New U.S. Sanctions Against IranNPR - Scott HorsleyThe Trump administration ordered new economic sanctions against Iran Friday in response to the attack last weekend in Saudi Arabia. The sanctions target Iran's central bank and its sovereign wealth fund.
Music Steve Earle & The Dukes On Mountain StageWest Virginia Public BroadcastingNPR - Dave LavenderOne of the last of the hard-core troubadours, three-time Grammy winner Steve Earle made his seventh appearance on Mountain Stage on June 23 at the Cultural Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. The show
Julian Fellowes 'Downton Abbey' Creator Julian Fellowes And Star Maggie SmithNPR - Dave DaviesIn honor of the Downton Abbey movie, which opens in theaters Sept. 20, we listen back to interviews with series creator Julian Fellowes and star Maggie Smith, who plays the Dowager Countess. This is FRESH
News (U.S.) Texas Cities Try To Assess Scope Of Damage In Imelda's AftermathNPR - Brakkton BookerUpdated at 5:52 p.m. ET Flood waters are slowly beginning to recede, but large areas of southeast Texas remain flooded Friday. Emergency crews continue to perform rescues from water-soaked neighborhoods.
