RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's been a lot of division in our country as of late, with a lot of words thrown around that pull us apart. We wanted to spend a few minutes now thinking about how words do something different - how they bring us together. An...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's been a lot of division in our country as of late, with a lot of words thrown around that pull us apart. We wanted to spend a few minutes now thinking about how words do something different - how they bring us together. An...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Families across the United States are fighting with the federal government over a deadly chemical. Dozens of people have died from inhaling methylene chloride. This is an ingredient in common paint removers. NPR's Rebecca Hersher...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now we have a story about a young African-American boy who grew up with two mysteries. One was his grandmother's old suitcase. It was full of stuff she shared with no one. The other mystery was about the boy's grandfather, who...
Many Who Buy ACA Health Plans For 2019 Find Lower Prices And More Choice STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We are in the middle of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act. It goes until December 15. People can sign up for health insurance plans under Obamacar...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, 12 people were killed in a Western-themed bar before the shooter is believed to have turned the gun on himself. It has become an all-too-common scene. According to Gun Violence Archive, an ind...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On this day 100 years ago, Allies of World War I and Germany laid down their arms. In this audio recording from 1975 of Army Air Corps pilot Fenton Caldwell, he remembers the exact moment. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Herding cats - difficult. So how about counting cats? Researchers in Washington, D.C., have just begun work on a three-year, $1.5 million cat census to get a definitive count of how many cats there are in the city. But why...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to get an update now on a story from some years ago, a story that has abortion providers around the country on edge. A woman convicted decades ago of attempting to murder a doctor who performed abortions was released fr...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's common to use opioids during childbirth. They're administered in epidurals and during C-sections. Women are often sent home with a bottle of pills. For most women, it doesn't become a problem. But for mothers recovering from a...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to continue our conversation about the media with someone who's looking to the future by reviving a newspaper from the past. One hundred and seventy years ago, Frederick Douglass published one of the most influential...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sometimes, it seems like there's no role Benedict Cumberbatch can't play. He's been the iconic British detective... (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, SHERLOCK) BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH: (As Sherlock Holmes) She's got a West Highland terri...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Nine perfect strangers gather at a high-end wellness retreat looking for transformation. They end up getting a lot more than they bargained for in Liane Moriarty's new novel. She is the author of Big Little Lies, among many...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Navajo leaders are scrambling to find a new owner for the West's largest coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Generating Station. For four decades, both the Hopi and Navajo tribes have relied heavily on jobs provided by the c...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we'd like to turn to the bombshell that President Trump delivered the day after the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out, and his former chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, was in as acting attorney general....
