SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Tigris River divides Mosul, Iraq. ISIS has held the western side of that city for more than two years. And Iraqi forces backed by U.S. airpower retook the eastern side of the city a couple of months ago. They're now preparing t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And we have news this morning on illegal border crossings. No, no, no, no - not border crossings from Mexico to the United States, these are illegal border crossings of people fleeing the United States. Canada reports a sharp inc...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt's executive order that sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War I...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The trade of food between the U.S. and Mexico has exploded over the past 15 years. Mexican fruit and vegetables come here while things like American corn and milk powder go the other way. President Trump has talked about restrict...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: More than a month ago, the president said he nearly had a plan to replace Obamacare. He told The Washington Post it was down to the, quote, final strokes on insurance for everybody. One month later, in yesterday's press conferenc...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In New Jersey, lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime to declaw cats. If it passes, New Jersey would be the first state in the country to ban the practice. The bill has sharply divided veterinarians. Critics...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The BBC series Planet Earth was one of the first blockbuster high-definition TV shows a decade ago. Tomorrow, Planet Earth II debuts on BBC America. And this time, it is said to be in ultrahigh def. Reporter Will Huntsberry found...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere near its heart, the Middle East conflict is a fight over history. Each side has a story to tell about who was first on the land, and each competing view of history becomes part of the argument over who should rule it no...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A woman in the U.S. illegally has taken refuge in a Colorado church, and that's triggering a fight over sanctuary churches. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, this is a little different than the issue of so-called sanctuary cities. As we'v...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have the story this morning of a patent - a very, very lucrative patent. DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is for a tool called CRISPR. Sounds like a kitchen instrument, doesn't it? But it's actually a high-tech gene-editing tool. INSKEE...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And today, North Korea is celebrating the birthday of its late dictator Kim Jong Il just as investigators try and figure out who fatally poisoned Kim's oldest son. Here's NPR's Elise Hu. ELISE HU, BYLINE: At the Kuala Lumpur Inter...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: After weeks of talking about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, the Trump administration made a move today. The Department of Health and Human Services proposed tightening rules on how and when people c...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Comedian Zach Galifianakis is still best known for his role, Alan, in The Hangover movies. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE HANGOVER) ZACH GALIFIANAKIS: (As Alan) There is a tiger in the bathroom. ED HELMS: (As Stu) What's going on? GALIFI...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The journalist Chadwick Moore says he's coming out. Not coming out as gay - he did that long ago - instead, Moore says he's coming out as conservative. Moore lives in New York City in what he considers one of the nation's liberal...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We knew there were political divisions in this country between urban and rural areas, but last year's election showed us just how stark those differences are. And one trend we're following - people of similar political stripes are...
