SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Home prices are skyrocketing in some places that might surprise you, including remote towns in rural America. And the problems facing those places may be especially hard to solve. As part of our series on the new housing crisis, NP...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A year ago, President Trump's remarks about a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville sparked outrage. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a gro...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a growing genre of Trump-era books that exist on the line between incredible and unbelievable. The newest entry is Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault-Newman. She went from breakout star of the first season of The Apprentice to s...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The wildfires have set off a political debate in California's state capitol. It centers on who should pay when power lines cause fires. Marisa Lagos from member station KQED reports. MARISA LAGOS, BYLINE: A special joint legislativ...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You'll see a lot of Lennon-McCartney in the composer credits for Beatles songs. Obviously, they were famous collaborators. But who really took the lead in writing some of that music? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IN MY LIFE) THE BEATLES: (La...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Charlottesville, Va., is bracing for the anniversary of the white nationalist rally that shook the city nearly a year ago. It resulted in three deaths. A counterprotester was run over by a car, and two state troopers were killed in...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got panned this week for changes they announced to their annual awards. Critics nix pop flicks pick for Oscar fix. Oscar viewership has declined 39 percent since 2014. Lots of people...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a lot about the sun that remains a mystery. NASA plans to send a probe into space Saturday that will get closer to the sun than ever before. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports it stands out in another way, too. NELL GREENFI...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Spike Lee's new movie BlacKkKlansman is, believe it or not, based on a true story. It's about an African-American police officer who in the 1970s went undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by joining it. Critic Bob Mondello say...
NOEL KING, HOST: All right. In Argentina, the Senate has rejected a bill that would have legalized abortion. If it had passed, Argentina would have become one of a few countries in Latin America where abortion is legal. This came as a big blow for fe...
Changes Are Coming To The Oscars ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new Oscar category today. Starting with the 2019 awards, which will honor movies released this year, there will be a prize for outstanding...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The FBI arrested a New York congressman today on charges related to insider trading. Federal prosecutors say Chris Collins illegally shared inside information about a pharmaceutical company. They say he was trying to help his son a...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The prosecution's star witness in the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort got hammered by the other side yesterday. During cross-examination, Rick Gates revealed that he had lied and embezzled from his former...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. We've been reporting on how state Medicaid programs are struggling to keep up with rising prescription drug costs. States spend more than $30 billion a year on medications for the poor and disabled. Now, some states are...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: OK. We're switching gears now over to Berlin, where there is a strange invasion of Louisiana crayfish. The problem reportedly stems from some Berlin residents who bought the fish as pets, only later to dump them in public waters....
