Desperate migrants are choosing to cross the border through dangerous U.S. desert Transcript On a sweltering summer afternoon last year, Jacqueline Arellano and James Cordero were out in a desert area on the border between California and Mexico, when...
Why the U.S. surgeon general says feeling lonely could lead to an early death Transcript NPR's A Martnez talks to Eric Liu of Citizen University on solutions for isolation, after a report from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy detailed an epidemic of...
Hollywood writers strike enters its 2nd day after talks with studios broke off Transcript Members of the Writer's Guild of America are on strike against Hollywood studios. Picketing started Tuesday in Los Angeles and New York. LEILA FADEL, HOST: A st...
Minnesota state senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting Transcript Calvin Bahr voted shirtless while laying in bed during a legislative commission meeting. The senator, who is also a truck driver, didn't get off work until 4:45 a.m. and need...
Biden and congressional leaders will face off in a high stakes debt ceiling meeting Transcript Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he's backing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when it comes to debt ceiling talks. He says it's up to the presid...
Poll results: Listeners pick their favorite albums of 2023 If nothing else, the season of list-making is a good gut-check: After another breakneck year during which tens of thousands of new albums dropped, which ones are still capturing our imaginati...
A forgotten opera premieres 280 years late Transcript This week, an opera was born. But the birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Io has been a long time coming in fact, it took about 280 years. We don't know anything about this opera, not the name of the...
The Federal Reserve's battle against inflation may be close to a turning point Transcript The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday for the tenth time in 14 months. While inflation is still well above the Fed's target, forecasters think t...
Why a New Jersey mayor was uninvited from a White House celebration Transcript The White House organized a belated celebration for Eid al-Fitar earlier this week and invited hundreds of prominent American Muslims. Then, it uninvited one of them: Moha...
Why writers are having a hard time earning a living in the streaming economy Transcript The Writers Guild of America is on strike. NPR's A Martinez talks to Paul Hardart, professor at NYU Stern's business school, about how the content boom driven by...
7 bodies are discovered at the home of a sex offender on his scheduled court date Transcript A community in eastern Oklahoma is grieving after seven people were found dead at the home of a registered sex offender. The county district attorney says th...
History and civics scores drop for U.S. eighth-graders on national test Transcript Scores in U.S. history and civics for eighth-graders are down across the U.S., according to recent results from the assessment known as the Nation's Report Card. This...
Texas man accused of killing 5 neighbors is in custody, authorities say Transcript Law enforcement officials say that 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, the man accused of killing five neighbors in southeast Texas early Saturday, is in custody after evad...
Treasure hunter with a metal detector stumbles on a stash of silver coins in Romania Transcript The more than 1,000 silver coins date back to the Roman empire and have turned bluish-green with age. The coins are being cleaned and people are trying to...
A top U.S. diplomat is in Brazil as that country seeks recognition as a global player Transcript U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is in Brazil to draw attention to the strong ties the two countries share. Brazil has been flaunting...
