Feinstein dilemma: California voters consider whether the senator should retire Transcript A MART?NEZ, HOST: For decades, 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein has been one of the most popular politicians in California. Now she's facing calls to resign after...
Warring factions in Sudan have agreed to a temporary truce Transcript Even as Sudan's warring generals agreed to a 72-hour truce, a physician in the capital of Khartoum says medical care has grown increasingly more dangerous in regions where shelling...
House Republicans hope their debt limit bill will get Biden to the negotiating table Transcript The U.S. risks defaulting on its national debt as soon as early summer which would spell disaster for the domestic economy and global financial markets. B...
Wellspring Health Access is Wyoming's only clinic to provide surgical abortions Transcript The only clinic providing surgical abortions in Wyoming is open, one year after a firebombing stopped construction. The state's only other abortion provider of...
Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96 Transcript Artist and activist Harry Belafonte has died. Throughout his life, Belafonte used his stature to speak out for human rights. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Harry Belafonte has died....
They're strangers with a painful shared bond: Robert E. Lee enslaved their ancestors Transcript ARLINGTON, Va. There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E. Lee that sits atop a hill in Arli...
New NPR poll shows a lower court decision to ban an abortion pill is unpopular Transcript The Supreme Court has left in place, for now, access to an abortion pill. A new NPR study shows the original lower court decision to ban mifepristone, is far ou...
Bed Bath the great Beyond: How the home goods giant went bankrupt Transcript A total of 10 shoppers meandered the vast and visibly sparse aisles of a Bed Bath Beyond in Northern Virginia on a recent Sunday. Is it me or is it particularly cold in here...
A Montana 5th grader applies to be principal of an elementary school in Great Falls Transcript Ruth Rossmiller applied after she found out that the principal of Chief Joseph Elementary School was leaving. She didn't get the job, but on Monday she wil...
With NBA playoffs underway, players are showing off their talents and their style Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Pro basketball players use what they wear to express themselves and influence culture beyond the court. NPR's Pilar Galvan says there's...
Pianist Lara Downes heals loss with 'Love At Last' Transcript As she reflected on the death and destruction that permeated the headlines in late 2022 the war in Ukraine, Uganda's Ebola outbreak and gun violence in the U.S. pianist Lara Downes cast li...
First big event involving many GOP presidential candidates was hosted in Iowa Transcript The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition hosted a presidential candidate event over the weekend. Most at the gathering of Christian conservatives said they're willin...
Opposition parties in Turkey band together to try to defeat President Erdogan Transcript The parties making up a coalition to unseat Turkey's powerful president in next month's elections have little in common, But they're trying to rally around a com...
'Peaches,' from Mario Bros. movie, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 83 Transcript The Super Mario Bros. Movie continues to top the box office, and the song Peaches from the movie is on the pop charts. It's actor and comedian Jack Black's first so...
How a Virginia city turned things around and attracted businesses to its downtown Transcript Danville, Va., might be the model of how to turn things around for struggling American downtowns. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Danville, Va., is the latest city work...
