DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here are a few numbers about New Orleans and its kids. About 40 percent live in poverty. The city consistently ranks among the highest in the U.S. for murder. And more than half of children report they have been affected by homici...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On Memorial Day, we honor those who died while serving in the military. One congressman has made it his life's cause to honor service members who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. North Carolina Republican Walter B. Jones says...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: On a November night back in 1986, a crowd was gathered in Las Vegas for an event that was hyped as Judgment Day. Muhammad Ali was there, celebrities too like Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Rob Lowe. I mean, hey, it was the '80s...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Many of us now rely on smartphone videos and video chats to share special moments - a baby's first steps, a graduation - with family and friends who are far away. People in prison usually can't take part in that because of rules...
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Singing) Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: (Singing) Mr. Clean will clean your whole house and everything's that in it. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: D...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: World War II ended more than 70 years ago, but the stories of those who fought in it continue to fascinate us. If you search on Amazon for books about World War II, you'll find over 600 books published just this year. This Memori...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Last week in Egypt, a group of Coptic Christians were traveling to a monastery where they intended to pray. Their convoy was attacked by gunmen. More than two dozen people were killed, and a similar number were injured. The Islam...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hollywood has been having a banner year at the box office from Beauty And The Beast to Guardians Of The Galaxy. So how will the film industry keep its winning streak going? Well, in his summer preview, Bob Mondello says movie stu...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: After his speech, President Trump visited the graves of fallen service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the white marble headstones. On a day when we remember those who died fighting in America's wars, we'r...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Jury selection is starting today in St. Paul, Minn., for the trial of a policeman charged with killing an African-American motorist. Philando Castile was the man shown on live video as he was dying in a car. Here is Matt Sepic fro...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The United States considers Japan and South Korea essential allies, especially when it comes to dealing with the threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear program, but one issue dogs relations which goes all the way back to W...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The World Health Organization has endorsed a six-question screening test for ADHD in adults. Now, this is catching a lot of people's attention because, with symptoms like distractedness and disorganization, it can be pretty tempti...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we have heard the stories of refugees making long, often treacherous journeys across oceans and continents to escape war at home. But here's a reality - most people displaced by conflict never even leave their own countries. I...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Gwendolyn Brooks would have turned 100 next month. She was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. And on the centennial of her birth, a new biography of the late poet is out this week. Here's Karen Grigsby Bates of o...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to television. People often talk about life imitating art. But over the past few months, how many times have you talked about the news out of Washington and somebody said, this is so House Of Cards? Well, the fifth and latest...
