STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: If you step on the sidewalk outside the NPR headquarters, you may have to be careful not to trip over an electric scooter sitting there, waiting for the next rider. Companies have deployed scooters from Washington, D.C., to Milwa...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is expected to visit the areas of Florida hit by Hurricane Michael. The utility Gulf Power says it's working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of residents who are still in the dark two weeks after t...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is expected to visit the areas of Florida hit by Hurricane Michael. The utility Gulf Power says it's working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of residents who are still in the dark two weeks after t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How does it affect your life when your boss takes a political stand? Many people are finding out. The CEO of Nike, Mark Parker, approved an ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback who protested police shooting...
SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI, HOST: Journalist RJ Young came of age in Oklahoma but kept his distance from guns and gun culture there. So it was a surreal turn of events when, years later, he became an NRA-certified pistol instructor. These days, RJ Young'...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Harvard University goes on trial in Boston today for alleged discrimination against Asian-Americans. The group that's suing the school is called Students for Fair Admissions, and it claims the university systematically ranks Asia...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: About 10 years ago, there was another record-breaking drought in the western United States. And the seven states that get water from the Colorado River came up with a plan on how they'd deal with water shortages. Many hoped...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Songbirds have been in decline for decades. And it's becoming clear that climate change is a factor. Now scientists are finding that old-growth forests may help the birds cope with rising temperatures. Jes Burns of Oregon P...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reporters got a rare glimpse inside a temporary shelter for migrant children in far west Texas on Friday. The facility opened in June as a series of huge tents on a remote stretch of desert just north of the Mexican border. Its cap...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Susan Orlean's new book is like an amble through the rooms and stacks of a library, where something unexpected and interesting can be discovered on any page. The library book begins with a fire in April 1986 that destroyed or damag...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: It turns out that the two Russian operatives behind the U.K. nerve agent attacks had their identities blown by a team of Internet researchers. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel has this story of who they are and how they did it. GEOFF BRUMFIEL,...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Stunt work is a tough trade - almost as tough as writing our theme music like BJ Leiderman does. Stunt people have to know how to take a poke in the schnoz, get thrown off of buildings and smolder in fiery car crashes. Sure sounds...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As 12-year-old old David Vetter was about to die at Texas Children's Hospital in 1984, he gave a last wink to his doctor, William T. Shearer. His wife told us Dr. Shearer carried that wink through the rest of his life. Dr. Shearer,...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As 12-year-old old David Vetter was about to die at Texas Children's Hospital in 1984, he gave a last wink to his doctor, William T. Shearer. His wife told us Dr. Shearer carried that wink through the rest of his life. Dr. Shearer,...
SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI, HOST: Artists reflecting on the current political climate are taking their ideas to the streets. For one national project, some artists are making billboards about different social issues. NPR's Mandalit del Barco talked with...
