ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The stock market has been booming lately. After the Dow crossed 20,000 for the first time in January, it kept surging. It's been above 21,000 this week. NPR's Chris Arnold looks at what's going on and what it means for your retirem...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In Yemen, the Trump administration has stepped up military action. The U.S. has been bombing al-Qaida targets there this week. The U.S. effort against al-Qaida is just one of three separate conflicts in Yemen, and the country is...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President George W. Bush's book of portraits of more than 60 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who served in wars under his watch was published this week - Portraits Of Courage: A Commander In Chief's Tribute to America's Warri...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Every once in a while here at the show, we read about something that makes us go, what? ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Like eating an orange in the shower. We read about this in VICE. CORNISH: Now, apparently this is a thing. It has its own...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Body cameras have become routine in some police departments. In New Orleans, some say they've had a positive effect on law enforcement culture. But as NPR's Martin Kaste reports, they've also created new burdens. MARTIN KASTE, BYL...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump often talks about the political movement he inspired. There's also, of course, a movement against him, and NPR's Laura Sydell has been meeting some first-time activists. LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Campbell, Calif., a su...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: American Jewish institutions have received more than 120 bomb threats in the last two months. Now the Department of Homeland Security is increasing its support. As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, Jewish community centers have been press...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City seemed to be starting this year strong. Tripadvisor called it the number one art museum in the world. Attendance has reached record highs. That happened under the direction of Thoma...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Ryan Murphy, the producer behind TV shows like Glee and American Horror Story debuts his latest series Sunday on FX. It is called Feud: Bette And Joan. And it's based on a legendary rivalry in old Hollywood. NPR TV critic Eric Deg...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we report on the lives of people in a war zone, the city of Mosul, once captured by ISIS, now under attack by Iraqi security forces backed by the U.S. Hundreds of thousands of people still live in that city. And NPR's Alice...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Scientists doing embryo research are facing some sensitive questions over a new generation of scientific experiments, questions like how long should scientists be allowed to keep human embryos alive in their labs to study them? A...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump likes to attack the mainstream media whenever he sees an opportunity. And his favorite punching bag is CNN. The network was recently shut out of a White House press briefing, and is often labeled by the president...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Puerto Rico today is marking an important anniversary. It's been a century since President Woodrow Wilson signed a law granting citizenship to people born on the island, but it's a limited form of citizenship. It puts Puerto Rico...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As Americans, we are bound by a collective identity. We see ourselves as independent change makers. We invent things. And we can reinvent ourselves. But that innovation, that desire to keep changing has gone away. That's the cent...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have news this morning about the origin of life. The news is about just how hard it is to find that news. NPR's Rae Ellen Bichell reports. RAE ELLEN BICHELL, BYLINE: Things get hairy when you go looking for the earliest forms...
