美国国家公共电台 NPR Second Suspect Arrested In Death Of N. Korean Dictator's Half-Brother

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And today, North Korea is celebrating the birthday of its late dictator Kim Jong Il just as investigators try and figure out who fatally poisoned Kim's oldest son. Here's NPR's Elise Hu. ELISE HU, BYLINE: At the Kuala Lumpur Inter

美国国家公共电台 NPR Shorter Enrollment Period For Obamacare Proposed By Administration

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: After weeks of talking about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, the Trump administration made a move today. The Department of Health and Human Services proposed tightening rules on how and when people c

美国国家公共电台 NPR Zach Galifianakis Says 'Baskets' Isn't For Everyone, 'And That Was The Point'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Comedian Zach Galifianakis is still best known for his role, Alan, in The Hangover movies. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE HANGOVER) ZACH GALIFIANAKIS: (As Alan) There is a tiger in the bathroom. ED HELMS: (As Stu) What's going on? GALIFI

美国国家公共电台 NPR Gay Journalist Leaves The Left Behind And Embraces A 'Brand New Conservative'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The journalist Chadwick Moore says he's coming out. Not coming out as gay - he did that long ago - instead, Moore says he's coming out as conservative. Moore lives in New York City in what he considers one of the nation's liberal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Leaving Urban Areas For The Political Homogeneity Of Rural Towns

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We knew there were political divisions in this country between urban and rural areas, but last year's election showed us just how stark those differences are. And one trend we're following - people of similar political stripes are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Broad Institute Wins Big Battle Over CRISPR Gene-Editing Patent

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have the story this morning of a patent - a very, very lucrative patent. DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is for a tool called CRISPR. Sounds like a kitchen instrument, doesn't it? But it's actually a high-tech gene-editing tool. INSKEE

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Reportedly Plans To Refocus Violent Extremism Initiative On Muslims

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Before he became president, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized President Obama for his reluctance to use the phrase radical Islamic extremism. One of Obama's key anti-terror programs was called Countering Violent Extremism - no r

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Criticism Of Judges Out Of Line With Past Presidents

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Americans are used to the hurly-burly of political and legal debate. But historically, presidents have been careful not to criticize individual judges or their motives. Of course, President Trump has broken with a lot of institutio

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Tornado, Families In New Orleans Begin Rebuilding Once Again

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In New Orleans, hundreds of families are trying to put their lives back together after a devastating tornado earlier this week. The tornado tore up homes and businesses in New Orleans East, a predominantly black neighborhood that

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mar-A-Lago Offers Trump And Abe A Spectacular Place To Get Acquainted

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The White House says Prime Minister Abe will be the president's guest at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. That word guest helps avoid a possible violation of the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution, which forbids U.S. officials from ta

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Trump Mulls Funding Cuts For The Arts, An Artist Argues Against The NEA

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump says he would like to cut what he sees as unnecessary federal spending. There have been few concrete proposals, but one of the budget lines reportedly under review, as it has been before, is the National Endowment f

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Lincoln In The Bardo' Pictures An American Saint Of Sorrow

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A writer who's acclaimed as a genius of the short story has written his first novel. It reads like part Our Town, part ghost story, even part Ken Burns. It's a story that gives voice to a child who's died and resonance to the silen

美国国家公共电台 NPR Amnesty International Identifies Assad's 'Policy Of Extermination'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Amnesty International released a report this week that may make you wonder how much of what we conscientiously report as important news truly is by comparison. The human rights group, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977, s

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Grammys May Not Be Hip, But For These Nominees, The Awards Still Matter

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Grammy Awards are tomorrow night. Kanye West, Drake and Justin Bieber have all said they're skipping the show, even though they're all nominees. Justin Bieber called the show irrelevant. Frank Ocean didn't even submit his accla

美国国家公共电台 NPR After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a hell of a headache for New Year's Eve in 2006. She was 33, and within a day, her world had turned upside down. At least, that's how it truly looked to her. She could hold things in her mind fo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Our Commutes, But That'll Take A While

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, here's something that will come as no surprise to anyone who drives to work. Maybe you're driving to work right now. Commuting times are just getting longer and longer. The Census Bureau says the average commute takes 2

美国国家公共电台 NPR John Oliver On Facts, Donald Trump And The Supreme Court For Dogs

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When he was running for president, Donald Trump talked about the country's opioid epidemic. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: As I campaign across this country, I hear so many stories and pleas from women

美国国家公共电台 NPR West Virginia Families Worry About Access To Addiction Treatment Under Trump

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When he was running for president, Donald Trump talked about the country's opioid epidemic. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: As I campaign across this country, I hear so many stories and pleas from women

美国国家公共电台 NPR Medicare Should Leverage Buying Power To Pull Down Drug Prices, White House Says

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's examine now the contradictory statements the president has made about drug prices. He has said he wants the U.S. government to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare, but he's made other statements that seem opposite to t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kellyanne Conway Tells Americans To Buy Ivanka Trump's Products

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Earlier today, one of President Trump's top advisers might have violated federal ethics rules. The White House says Kellyanne Conway has been counseled, although there are calls for more. Conway got into trouble during an intervi