SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Funerals and memorial services are happening today across Dayton, Ohio, to remember the nine people killed in a mass shooting there last weekend. For some, the shooting is the second devastating act to happen in recent months. N...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In Dayton, it will be a weekend of funerals and memorials. Nine people died in a mass shooting there last Sunday, and the survivors are trying to cope. Some of them work at the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance. Three of the nonprofit's...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is the time of year when goldenrod blooms. It's that yellow flower you often see growing along highways. A scientist was recently studying goldenrods and discovered something phenomenal. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps. Five years ago, demonstrators made their way to the Ferguson, Mo., police department to protest the shooting of a black teenager named Michael Brown. A local photographer captured a moment when the lives...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Broadway is coming off a record season in terms of attendance and box office receipts, with 29 shows to choose from right now. Five of those shows, though, including some big-budget disappointments, are going to close over the ne...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been five years since a Ferguson, Mo. police officer shot and killed a black teenager named Michael Brown. Brown's death ignited widespread protests and calls for more police accountability. Only now are some of those reform...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When wounded troops come home from the battlefield, they often need full-time care. And more often than not, that comes from a family member. The VA has been giving these caregivers a stipend to help offset the costs for families...
Careful With Those Birthday Candles, Smokey: Beloved Bear Turns 75 RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to switch gears now and celebrate an American icon named Smokey Bear. The Forest Service's symbol of fire prevention turns 75 today. Smokey's the long...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Pittsburgh International Airport recently joined a handful of airports around the world that have dedicated places where people with autism can go to lessen the stress of flying. Kathleen Davis from member station WESA in Pittsbur...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a part of Minnesota that has more trees and lakes than people. It's beautiful, but the people who live there say it can also be lonely. ANNA VIERKANDT: For me to go anywhere to see anyone that I know personally, it would be...
URI BERLINER, BYLINE: There's this moment when you realize you're in really big debt. CHRIS ARNOLD, HOST: And we're not talking about, like, $200, oh-no-I-bought-some-shoes kind of debt. We're talking about serious debt. TONY GARDNER: I remember stan...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is proposing new gun control measures, following the mass shooting Sunday in Dayton. DeWine is a Republican, and his move represents a big shift in the way the state's leaders have approached gun policy....
Less Sex, Fewer Babies: Blame The Internet And Career Priorities ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: People not having enough babies could ultimately cause the economy to shrink. When a nation's birthrate declines too much, there aren't enough young workers to replac...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Toni Morrison, one of the giants of literature, has died. She was 88 years old. Morrison's work focused on African American life and culture. It dominated an industry where the vision of black life frequently was limited and some...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The stock market appears to be rebounding a bit this morning, regaining some of the ground it lost yesterday. And there were signs of a possible reprieve from the all-out trade war between the U.S. and China. China's central bank...
