RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Uber is in a crisis. This week, the ride-sharing company's president resigned after just six months on the job. Morale has been shaken following a damning account of sexual harassment. The board is so concerned about the CEO's ab...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Let's play a little word association. I say Nashville, you say country music. Because that's what the city is all about, right? There was a time though when Nashville had a lot of RB going on - nightclubs, record label...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's follow more of the trail of refugees who flee the United States. Some choose to go to Canada out of concern about President Trump's immigration ideas. Last month, we took you to the border where people originally from war-t...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is the nation's third-leading cause of death. Researchers now say they've developed a treatment that has been remarkably effective. Here's NPR's Richard Harris. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: One January day t...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Also on TV tonight, a new show looking at racially charged police shootings. The 10-episode series on FOX is called Shots Fired. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show is better at exploring explosive emotions than it is at pro...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seven years ago showed just how hard it is to combat a massive oil spill. Cleaning oil from water is a challenge, especially on the open sea. Now the federal government is backing research on...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: States are already preparing for changes that might come if the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act passes. That replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, is still working its way through Congress. An...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: After communism collapsed in Europe and Germany was reunited, many people in the former West Germany saw themselves as being on the right side of history. Many people in the former East Germany wanted to forget their communist pa...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Republican House leaders are making last-minute changes to their health care proposal in a bid to woo more conservatives ahead of a vote scheduled for Thursday. One of those changes would let states impose work requirements on so...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Forty-five years ago today, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. That amendment would have insured women have equal rights to men, but it was never adopted. It fell three states short of the 38 needed wi...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Selena the movie debuted 20 years ago today. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, SELENA) JENNIFER LOPEZ: (As Selena) My dreams were the same as the dreams of all those people who were out there in the audience, like all their hopes were centered...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. is tightening rules about electronic devices allowed in carry-on baggage. The new security measures cover direct flights to the U.S. from eight majority-Muslim countries. This, of course, comes as President Trump is wagi...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Doctors are describing a group of opioid addicts as the sickest of the sick. These are IV drug users, mostly heroin addicts who get infections in their hearts. They're being wheeled into hospitals around the country. Treating the...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Much of the country is not impressed by President Trump's first weeks in office. A Gallup survey showed his approval rating at 37 percent. Even if that's a bit off, it's very low for a new president. One public concern involves t...
