STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Walt Disney Company is buying most of 21st Century Fox. Disney takes over a big part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, although Murdoch retains control of the Fox TV network and Fox News. NPR media correspondent David Folkenf...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Tomorrow is the deadline in most states for people to buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges - a law still in place despite Republican efforts to dismantle it. So as open enrollment ends, we have reporters in t...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's go now to Pakistan, where hundreds of activists, bloggers, militants and political dissidents have disappeared over the past few years. Some of them never return, and activists say this is getting worse. In Karachi, Pakistan...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Well, the U.S. secretary of state has a message for North Korea. Here is Rex Tillerson speaking yesterday. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON: We're ready to talk any time North Korea would like to...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There is plenty enough holiday season left for you to get some holiday treats. British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi coauthored a book called Sweet and has some suggestions. YOTAM OTTOLENGHI: Holiday in the northern hemisphere -...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: As 2017 draws to an end and we try to assess it, one measure is, what deathless prose has been added to our collective memories over the past 12 months? Well, Fred Shapiro has assembled the top 10 quotations of the year from inte...
SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Ohio might soon become the latest state to restrict abortions. A bill to ban doctors from performing abortions after a Down syndrome diagnosis has passed both chambers of the state legislature and could be on its way to the go...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How much would you be willing to pay to avoid bad traffic on your commute - $10, $20, $40? Forty dollars is what a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week. Not surprisingly, people...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Arctic is a huge icy cap on the planet, and it acts like a global air conditioner. But the air conditioner is breaking down. Today, scientists issued a grim report card on the Arctic. They say the pole continues to warm at an...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The life expectancy of Native Americans in some states is 20 years shorter than the national average - 20 years. There may be many factors in this and here's one. About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimina...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: So it is that time of year, the few weeks at the end of the year when everybody has a list - best of, worst of, least, most - all that stuff. This week on the show, we have our own lists of highly specific superlatives. And to ge...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. Among the nominees is Christopher Plummer for a role he played as a last-minute replacement for Kevin Spacey. NPR's Camila Domonoske reports. CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: All...
Parents Worry Congress Won't Fund The Children's Health Insurance Program MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Nine million kids get their health insurance through the federal Children's Health Insurance Program. Congress, though, has let the program expire, and...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we have a story of a brick-and-mortar retailer that is succeeding. The Internet is hammering many, of course, but with some exceptions, independent bookstores have seen growing sales. And then there's Dollar General, thriving...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Go online, walk through any health store or supermarket, and you'll find all kinds of products being sold as probiotics. They're being promoted for all kinds of things - preventing upset stomachs, boosting the immune system, figh...
