Mexico is taking over the pop charts. What specific genre is dominating? Transcript Two songs with regional Mexican ties are currently in the Top 10 on the American pop charts. A MART?NEZ, HOST: A very specific genre of music from Mexico is currently...
A swarm of bees delays a Delta Airlines flight from Houston to Atlanta Transcript Pest control was called, but workers weren't allowed to spray the plane. Eventually the bees left after the plane's engines were fired up. Wednesday's flight was delaye...
Gun assaults on children more than doubled during COVID's height, study finds Transcript A new study focusing on four major U.S. cities finds gun assaults on children more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Black children were the most fr...
Nevada treasurer calls the U.S. debt impasse a disturbing 'manufactured crisis' Transcript If President Biden and Congress fail to swiftly resolve a debt ceiling standoff, the federal government could default on its debt, running out of money to pay...
How Jordan Neely's death fits into issues of health, homelessness and public safety Transcript A Black man who was homeless was choked to death by a white man on a New York City subway train. The incident is another flashpoint in the discussion of cr...
Arizona Democrats consider if 2024's election will be a Biden-Trump rematch Transcript Even though there are 18 months until the 2024 election, Democrats in Arizona are already weighing what a rematch of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald...
WHO says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency Transcript The World Health Organization has lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for COVID-19. The declaration had been in effect since Jan. 30, 2020. LEILA FADE...
Unlikely connection: college students in Ukraine and the U.S. form a bond Transcript A few years ago, Daria Samotuga was living a typical college student's life, in the dorms at Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro. The war forced her to move to her hom...
There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences Transcript There was a palpable sense of frustration among Senate Democrats Tuesday with the Supreme Court's lack of action on ethics at the court. The highest cour...
Federal jury finds 4 Proud Boys members guilty of seditious conspiracy Transcript Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right group were convicted Thursday on seditious conspiracy charges stemming from the U.S....
A dying oak tree, older than Chicago's founding, was recently cut down by the city Transcript The Bur Oak, a landmark at the Lincoln Park Zoo, was about 300 years old. Before it was chopped down, people lined up to say goodbye. Cuttings from the tree...
Serbia is in the midst of 3 days of national mourning after deadly school shooting Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Igor Bozic, news director of Serbian TV channel TV N1, about Wednesday's deadly school shooting in Belgrade that killed nine peop...
John Legend knows the obstacles of life after prison. He wants you to know them too Transcript When incarcerated people leave prison, are they actually free? Turns out, the singer/songwriter John Legend is one of 113 million American adults who has h...
Artificial Intelligence comes with risks. How can companies develop AI responsibly? Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to Ifeoma Ajunwa, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about how AI can be developed responsibly, and...
Post-pandemic, even hospital care goes remote Transcript David and Marcia Elder packed their bags anticipating a month-long stay at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., when David went in for a bone-marrow transplant in late February, as part of hi...
