NOEL KING, HOST: For years, a man in New Hampshire fed maple-glazed doughnuts to a black bear. When the man died, the bear went into town to look for more doughnuts. So wildlife officials moved her into the woods far up north. Ever since then, the be...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has made a name for herself with controversial comments against Israel. Some other American Muslims believe the controversy around her is more about who she is than what she says. Here's Omar spe...
SCOTT SIMON, host: Tim Conway is on tour with a stage show this summer. At the age of 78, he's a legendary comedian who still looks a bit like a bank clerk - a short, bald, bespectacled man concealing a famously incendiary wit. His career stretches f...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One of the most raw parts of the U.S. rivalry with China involves the way that China has obtained U.S. technology. And this year, the United States will likely add new restrictions on the export of certain technologies, a move th...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Last August, Nepal enacted a new law to try to keep women safe during their periods. The law criminalizes forcing a woman to sleep outside the house while menstruating, a common practice in the country's west. Danielle Preiss repor...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This story is sure to set tongues a-waggin' (ph). Academic research makes the case in favor of gossip. One study finds that people spend an average of 52 minutes per day talking about other people. And though gossip has a bad rep...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Netflix anthology show Easy deals with topics that are anything but easy - searching for love, navigating relationships, seeking knowledge of ourselves and sometimes looking for it in other people. The show's third and final s...
On Mother's Day In Puerto Rico, Hope To Visit A Mother's Grave Turns To Anguish STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The hurricane that wrecked so many lives in Puerto Rico also disrupted efforts to honor the dead. NPR first reported last December on a cemetery that...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: You may know her for her music. But for the past few years, she's been breaking barriers in other industries - makeup and fashion. She's now the first woman and the first woman of color to launch a fashion line with the his...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Happy Mother's Day. Does this scene sound familiar? DARCY LOCKMAN: In the morning, I'm rushing around. I'm getting lunches together. I'm helping the kids finish up their homework. I'm making sure everyone's wearing socks. A...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Washington, D.C., has a lot of museums, and we like to let you know when something new is happening. And the International Spy Museum has just gotten a major upgrade. NPR's Greg Myre got a sneak peek. GREG MYRE, BYLINE: The new I...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Author T.C. Boyle likes to focus on historic figures in his novels - historic figures with cult-like followings, such as cornflakes king John Harvey Kellogg, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. Bo...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's Election Day in the Philippines Monday. Half of the Senate and all of the House of Representative seats are up for grabs. And the outcome will be a test of President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power. NPR's Julie McCarth...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Six months ago, the deadly Camp Fire devastated the small Northern California town of Paradise. It was the deadliest fire in the state's history and claimed more than 80 lives and destroyed thousands of homes. Since then, residents...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The two-humped Bactrian camel was domesticated thousands of years ago to carry goods and people across Asia. NPR's Above the Fray fellow Emily Kwong sent us this audio postcard from a festival in Mongolia that celebrates this gentl...
