MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Jewish High Holy Days are upon us beginning with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, which ended last night. For many people, this is a time of celebration and spiritual renewal. But for some, it might be a challenging time, e...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A vegetable vendor in Guatemala with dark straight hair framing her face, deeply etched with lines, an insurance sales team in Cape Town dressed in dark suits and waiting for a bus, a mother in Tehran, head wrapped in purpl...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Right now, the Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land. It gave some Americans the comfort to start their own businesses because they didn't have to worry about keeping a job just for the health insurance. But this week's...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Next week, New York City Ballet will present its sixth annual fall fashion gala, where fashion designers are paired with choreographers to create new dances and new costumes - and perhaps one for BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The movie Battle Of The Sexes takes its title from a tennis match that helped define the 1970s - Bobby Riggs versus Billie Jean King. The match drew an enormous audience. More than 90 million people watched it on TV. It was widel...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Thinkers from all over the world are meeting next week to argue a hypothetical case. They're lawyers. And the case concerns a traffic accident on the moon. It's the international Space Law Moot Court finals, and law students from S...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are several federal investigations into Russian meddling in last year's election, but states are playing a role, too. New York, for one, could become a powerful adversary of the Trump administration if the president tries t...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: A hundred and forty-three million. That is the number of Americans whose personal information may have been exposed in the recent data breach at Equifax. This led to a lawsuit against the company by the state of Massachusetts, an...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: U.S. immigration agents have had a longstanding policy. Certain places are off-limits for arresting immigrants who are in this country illegally - no schools, no hospitals. NPR's John Burnett has broken the story of a family that w...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the first time, scientists have altered the DNA in human embryos to make a fundamental discovery about early human development. Scientists say this proves that modifying genes and human embryos can reveal powerful insights into...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Rescuers in and around Mexico City are still digging through rubble, searching for survivors of yesterday's massive earthquake. It happened at 1 p.m. local time, in the middle of the school and work day. Buildings fell across five...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Many plays have been called kitchen sink dramas because of their attempts at realism. A new play takes that to the extreme. Oh My Sweet Land uses not only the sink but the stove, refrigerator, food processor, a chopping board and a...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: These are pretty rough times for one of Washington, D.C.'s hometown industries - think tanks. These are where scholars get paid to study issues and offer advice. But now one of them is dealing with a controversy over the influence...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This next story is about an attempt to break one of the most famous barriers in sports, running a marathon in less than two hours. Now that means running a 4-minute, 34-second mile and then maintaining that pace for 26.2 mile...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The rapper Gucci Mane is one of hip-hop's most prolific artists. Is it Gucci Mane or Gucci Man (ph)? GUCCI MANE: Gucci Mane. CHANG: (Laughter) I still don't know. Is that Man or Mane? MANE: It's Mane. CHANG: (Laughter). MANE: But,...
