A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery Transcript Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into slavery on a plantation in Black Mountain, N.C. By the age of 7, Hayden was freed after the Civil War ended in 18...
Ukraine says government websites and banks were hit with denial of service attack Transcript WASHINGTON Amid heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, multiple Ukrainian government websites and banking systems were temporarily inaccessible to u...
NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars Transcript It's been one year since a nuclear-powered, one-armed, six-wheeled robot punched through the Martian atmosphere at a blazing 12,000 miles per hour, and a superson...
It was a normal day in a Louisiana State University dining hall, until it wasn't 一只浣熊从路易斯安那州立大学食堂的天花板上掉下来 Transcript A racoon fell from the ceiling. Within seconds, chaos ensued with people running out...
A high school spoken-word club changed students' lives. Now, you can read their poems Transcript When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago-area Oak Park and River Forest High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. Poetry was my l...
State Department team works to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks with State Department spokesman Ned Price about where diplomatic efforts are in the standoff with Russia over Ukraine. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Vice Presi...
Judge orders Trump to be desposed in New York investigation Transcript A New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and his children Ivanka and Donald Jr. must appear for a deposition about alleged fraud at the Trump Or...
Florida's House passes a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy Transcript Florida is moving to adopt a ban on abortions after 15 weeks, with no exception for rape or incest. The bill is patterned after the Mississippi abortion ban now be...
Infrastructure money makes it a good time to be in the well plugging business Transcript Across the country, some 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking methane, a potent climate-warming gas. Now billions of dollars from the infrastructure...
An odd APB is out in northern Michigan: Police are on the hunt for a cabin Transcript The owner of the missing cabin says it disappeared from where it stood in Coldsprings Township. Investigators note it was likely taken late last year, and was possi...
Kamila Valieva's positive doping test casts a pall over her Olympic performance Transcript A star Russian figure skater is back on the ice Thursday for the women's free skate event. The competition is controversial because she tested positive for a b...
Docuseries offers a more complete history of Lincoln's journey to end slavery Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to directors Jacqueline Olive and Barak Goodman about the Apple TV+ docuseries, Lincoln's Dilemma, and how the fight for emancipation was...
DOJ sues Missouri over its law restricting enforcement of federal gun laws Transcript The Justice Department is suing Missouri over that state's firearm law, arguing it makes crime fighting more difficult and tramples on federal supremacy. A MARTINEZ...
The widening political chasm is revealed in real estate data Transcript Red zip codes are getting redder and blue zip codes are getting bluer, causing many to rarely interact with folks with whom they disagree. People are purposely moving to places r...
DeVry University misled students. Now, the federal government is erasing their debt Transcript Nearly 16,000 federal student loan borrowers who were misled by for-profit colleges will have $415 million in debts erased, according to the U.S. Departmen...
