DAVID GREENE, HOST: Wendy Vitter. It's possible that some of you recognize that last name. She is the wife of former Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, who was implicated in the D.C. Madam sex scandal in 2007. Mrs. Vitter stuck by her husband when th...
NOEL KING, HOST: All right. The IRS estimates that taxpayers have lost more than $65 million because of phone scams related to taxes. And, as you might expect, these scams are most common during tax season. Reporter Paige Pfleger got a firsthand look...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been two years since the peak of the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. The state has spent more than $16 million to distribute free bottled water to residents. That program ends this week even as some residents say they...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Indian photographer Dayanita Singh received one of the top honors in her field last night, the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award. It is for her latest work - a box that contains nine small books that ex...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: America has had its first black baseball player, its first black astronaut, its first black president. But after the first, the world is still full of onlys. Sometimes the onliness is existential, like being the only black studen...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: As Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testified for Congress today, we sat wondering, how much do Americans care about their online privacy? What's OK for companies to collect about you, and what's not? So we went out here in Washing...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to get the latest on the legal turmoil surrounding the White House and the new questions since yesterday's FBI raids targeting President Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen. One question that's come up agai...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A big part of Washington, D.C.'s plan to get its HIV rate down is to get more people on PrEP. That's a drug which can prevent HIV infection. Now, PrEP has been around for years, but only a small portion of those at risk for H...
Facebook Founder And CEO Mark Zuckerberg Testifies On Capitol Hill MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced nearly five hours of grilling on Capitol Hill today. Forty-some senators were putting questions to him on how the personal...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A large coalition of brain researchers has unveiled a plan to redefine Alzheimer's disease. The goal here is to study Alzheimer's by focusing on biological changes in the brain rather than symptoms like memory loss. NPR's Jon Ham...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We've been reporting a lot on the U.S. threat to impose tariffs on some $150 billion worth of goods imported from China. Beijing is promising to retaliate. One big source of tension is that the Trump administration says for t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The writer Charles Frazier used to think he'd said enough about the Civil War. He wrote an acclaimed Civil War novel that became an Oscar-winning movie. CHARLES FRAZIER: After Cold Mountain, I never thought I wanted to write abou...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Toys R Us is liquidating and closing stores after declaring bankruptcy last year. This is bad news for toymakers who still sell a lot of their toys at brick-and-mortar stores. Now, one big toymaker is trying to save Toys R Us. Hi...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Why write about the business of denim if you can't throw in a few puns? Bloomberg's Kim Bhasin says the jean-making industry has been just as distressed as the ripped denim of the same name. The reason - elastic knit pants, yoga...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The new horror movie A Quiet Place is a hit at the box office and with critics. It's also notable for its lack of sound, which poses a problem for lovers of movie theater popcorn. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin went to a showing to...
