AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A scandal in California's Central Valley could change how officials investigate sudden, suspicious or violent deaths. In 49 out of 58 counties, that job falls to a coroner who is also an elected sheriff. Critics say that's an inh...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Surfers head inland this weekend to compete in the first ever World Surf League team competition. Inland? What are they thinking? From member station KVPR, Laura Tsutsui brings us this from Lemoore, Calif. LAURA TSUTSUI, BYLINE: El...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Nobel Prize in Literature will not be given out this year. The Swedish Academy was thrown into turmoil last fall when sexual harassment allegations surfaced against the husband of one of its members. The academy says it w...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: An update now on a widening sexual misconduct scandal in taekwondo. The former Olympic coach Jean Lopez and his gold medal-winning brother, Steven Lopez, have both been accused of sexual assault. Four women - former elite athletes...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: I think we might call this next story CSI Diseases. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is a group of doctors. They call themselves the Epidemic Intelligence Service. They're basically disease detectives, and...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: These days, it's not uncommon to open up the paper and read about a dying town that's lost its factory or about families struggling economically or about a political battle tearing a community apart. In his latest book, Dave Egge...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Many people know the choreography of Jerome Robbins from Broadway musicals like Gypsy and Fiddler On The Roof and West Side Story. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSICAL, WEST SIDE STORY) KELLY: Robbins also created dozens of dances for the N...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Senator John McCain is being treated for stage 4 brain cancer at his home in Arizona. It's more than 2,000 miles away from the U.S. Capitol building and the institution it houses, the U.S. Senate. But McCain is reflecting on his...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Even going by the standards of this crazy news environment we are in, this has been quite an eventful week for President Trump. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Right. He shook up his legal team. GREENE: Yeah. He admitted to reimbursing his l...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: If you drive on the West Side Highway in Manhattan, you cannot help but notice Trump Place looming over the skyline. It is one of several buildings in New York bearing Donald Trump's name. Well, tomorrow, residents will ask a...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Three years ago, there was a name that was nearly impossible to get away from - Rachel Dolezal. She was a white woman who passed for black. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) RACHEL DOLEZAL: I'm Rachel Dolezal, the president of th...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A well-known Russian folktale tells the story of an elderly couple who yearned to have a child. They create a little girl out of snow, and she comes to life. Writer Eowyn Ivey reimagined that story in her novel The Snow Child and...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Both President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will go to Dallas on Friday for the NRA's annual convention. On one hand, the president's presence shows that the NRA has staying power. But the organization has also faced fresh...
Sting And Shaggy On The 'Wonderful Luxury' Of Making Reggae DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. Let's meet the guys behind one of this year's most unlikely collaborations. One is a Jamaican dancehall star with an unmistakable voice and a string of over-the-top,...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to hear now about the background of a controversial member of the Trump administration, Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. He's facing at least 10 federal investigations into alleged ethics...
