MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We're going to hear the story of a woman who died earlier this year a few weeks after giving birth. Her name was Shalon Irving. She was in her mid-30s. She was black. NPR's Renee Montagne and ProPublica's Nina Martin learned...
25 Years Later, He Speaks To The Man Who Killed His Son DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is Friday, which means it is time for StoryCorps. And we should say, this is an intimate conversation about murder. It could strike your ears in different ways, so I just...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Next, we're going to meet some kids who are already shaping the economy. Generation Z is the generation after millennials. Their oldest members are just starting college. They have tons of buying power - in the billions of dollar...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Lawmakers are trying to reconcile two different versions of a tax bill, one passed by the House, the other by the Senate. They do seem to agree - Republicans, anyway - on two changes that affect America's schools. NPR's Cory Turn...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: By many measures, Mansour Omari should not be a free man. The Syrian human rights activist spent years documenting the many abuses of the Syrian government, keeping track of the tens of thousands of Syrians who have disappeared i...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims. So it's not surprising that religious leaders from all those traditions have strong feelings about President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital....
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Republicans in Congress are on the verge of fulfilling a long-held dream. The House and Senate have passed bills that would eliminate or reduce the tax that people pay when they inherit large estates - larger than $5.5 million. I...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Art lovers are in Miami Beach this week because it's Art Basel, the world-class art fair. Just a short walk away, there's also Design Miami, which begins today. As NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, Design Miami has become the pla...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: New research finds an increased risk of breast cancer among women who are using hormonal birth control. The study's published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and NPR's Patti Neighmond has our report. PATTI NEIGHMOND,...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This summer, everything was going to plan for Audrey Degraaf and her wife. They had adopted a baby boy in January, their first child. Soon, he had a sibling on the way. Audrey was pregnant. And then came the ultrasound. AUDRE...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: More than 300,000 people live and work under what is known as Temporary Protected Status. This is status granted to those whose home countries face war or disaster. The Trump administration has been eliminating some of these prote...
Supreme Court Seems Split In Case Of Baker Vs. Same-Sex Couple; Eyes Now On Kennedy KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: One of the most anticipated oral arguments of the year happened today at the U.S. Supreme Court, the case of a Colorado baker who refused to make...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is kind of sad. Did you know that nearly half of the world's 6,000 or so spoken languages are endangered? That's according to the United Nations. Well, in New Zealand, a group of teens is trying to save their endangered tongu...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, President Trump has dramatically scaled back two large areas of land that had been designated national monuments in Utah. But a battle over his authority to do this may be just beginning. Native American tribes and cons...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Republicans are smoothing out the details of their tax overhaul legislation. They're hoping for final passage this month. They say the changes will lead to more jobs, more investment. Most economists, though, are questioning...
