AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Paul Manafort's plea deal is off. A federal judge ruled tonight that a former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, intentionally lied to the FBI and to Robert Mueller's investigation. That violated the plea deal he reached wit...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The movie The Wife opens with a phone call. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE WIFE) JONATHAN PRYCE: (As Joe Castleman) Hello. JAN MYBRAND: (As Arvid Engdahl) Am I speaking to Mr. Castleman? PRYCE: (As Joe Castleman) I'd like my wife to get...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Magical Negro - that's the trope in books or movies where a black character appears in a plot solely to help a white character and then finishes. The Magical Negro is one-dimensional. The Magical Negro is cheery - think Will...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This week, we're marking one year since the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. We're hearing from families trying to forge a way out of their grief and survivors who have turned their pain into political activism. Today we hear abou...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: What is in the border security agreement that congressional negotiators made last night? We are pretty sure of one thing that is not in it. Republicans and Democrats left out most of the money that President Trump was demanding f...
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: The staggering number of opioid overdose deaths in this country is prompting people to take action even when they could be arrested for what they choose to do. In cities across the country, a group called the Church of Safe Inj...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This Thursday, February 14, marks one year since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen people were killed that day. A few weeks after the shooting, NPR's Melissa Block profiled the...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: More than 50 people have been infected by the measles in the Pacific Northwest. Kristian Foden-Vencil of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the outbreak is prompting people to get vaccinated. KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL, BYLINE: Sea Ma...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Most of the stuff around us right now - I don't know - the television screens and microphones in the studio, products in your house, parts of every car, parts of almost every building, were once transported by truck. And the syst...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There is an uncanny sense of we have been here before when it comes to the debate over border security. Today President Trump again travels to El Paso, Texas, to make his case for the wall. Negotiations are at a standstill again,...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As the cost of prescription drugs keeps going up in the U.S., some patients are looking for cheaper alternatives abroad, including Mexico. Bram Sable-Smith reports. BRAM SABLE-SMITH, BYLINE: When Michelle Fenner (ph) signed up to...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We are in the midst of cold and flu season, when parents give their kids medication and often struggle to get the dosage right. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports. PATTI NEIGHMOND, BYLINE: The Ridall family lives in Palmyra, Pa., and...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: So the Trump administration is pressing U.S. allies to pay more for the stationing of U.S. troops in their countries. The U.S. has been locked in a dispute over this issue with South Korea. But as NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This week has people across the country looking back at their yearbooks. That's because Virginia has been rocked by political scandal involving an old yearbook photo and blackface. Both the state's governor and attorney gener...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, you know all the cliches about how men and women don't understand each other - men are from Mars, women are from Venus and all that. Well, in relationships, that can lead to missed cues and mismatched expectations. But at wo...
