Extreme drought in northern Mexico has left millions of residents without water Transcript Two of the three reservoirs that serve the city are practically empty. In the long term, officials are trying to build more dams and reservoirs. The short term...
British company creates the first PVC-free vinyl record Transcript Evolution Music says it created the world's first bio-plastic vinyl record made from sugar and starches. This material allows people to enjoy their favorite artists without worrying a...
200k student borrowers are closer to getting their loans erased after judge's ruling Transcript Update: On Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco granted preliminary approval of a settlement that would cancel the loans of more than 200,000 studen...
House committee prepares to hold its 8th public hearing on the events of Jan. 6 Transcript Members of the panel will focus on former President Donald Trump's inaction to stop the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This hearing is framed as a sort of summer ca...
Quidditch rebrands as quadball and further distances itself from Harry Potter author Transcript The San Antonio Soldados and the Kansas City Stampede face off during the 2021 regular Major League Quidditch season last July in Round Rock, Texas. The l...
President Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms Transcript President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said Thursday. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Biden has teste...
When there's drought, African governments urged to act before there's famine Transcript A drought is pounding the Horn of Africa. How can the region recover from this one, and are some small-scale solutions to the challenges of drought and famine sta...
Netflix loses nearly 1 million subscribers. That's the good news Transcript The media world especially in streaming breathed a huge sigh of relief Tuesday. That's because Netflix's second-quarter earnings report revealed the company lost 970,000 subs...
A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA Transcript The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA...
Why did a man who bought a real Picasso sketch try to pass it off as a fake? Transcript Investigators say the collector was at an airport in Spain and had the 1966 work called Three figures in his luggage. He didn't declare the piece, worth nearly ha...
Abortion-rights activists in Germany aim to make the procedure more widely available Transcript Earlier this month, the EU Parliament voted in favor of a resolution to make abortion a fundamental right a good sign for activists in Germany fighting to...
Women represent 7% of long-haul truckers. What's life like for them on the road? Transcript Early on in the Biden administration, officials released an action plan to strengthen America's trucking workforce. One idea: recruit more women. Is the truck...
Biden is expected to lay out climate strategies when he visits a wind turbine plant Transcript Critics say the Biden administration's climate agenda is on life support. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Gina McCarthy, the White House climate adviser, abou...
It was supposed to be a controlled burn, but a New Mexico fire got out of control Transcript The biggest wildfire ever recorded in New Mexico is all but contained now, and residents are assessing the damage and challenges to recover. : [POST-BROADCAS...
Why rural Americans feel inflation's effects more than people in cities and suburbs Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to professor Dave Peters, an economist and sociologist with Iowa State University's extension service, about the pain rural Ameri...
