Rick Gates Pleads Guilty And Begins Cooperating With Mueller's Russia Investigation ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump's former deputy campaign manager is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller. In a courtroom in Washington today, lobbyist R...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Internet is in the midst of a revolution. We won't just be using it to search for stuff, watch videos or send email. It's going to control cars, washers, dryers, even toasters. And that's what it means when you hear that phra...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When Congress passed a sweeping tax overhaul last December, it lowered the corporate tax rate, and dozens of companies promised to share the good fortune with employees. The Walt Disney Company was among them, offering its wo...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: A lot of the aluminum and steel we use here in the United States is imported from other countries. And that, according to a report from the Commerce Department, is a threat to national security. Last week, department officials rec...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today - difficult memories from a religious reform school in Louisiana. It was called New Bethany Home for Girls. And during the 30 years that it was open, law enforcement a number of times investigated claims of child abuse at t...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today - difficult memories from a religious reform school in Louisiana. It was called New Bethany Home for Girls. And during the 30 years that it was open, law enforcement a number of times investigated claims of child abuse at t...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The movie The Shape Of Water is up for 13 Oscars, the most of any film this year. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE SHAPE OF WATER) RICHARD JENKINS: (As Giles) A tale of love and loss and the monster who tried to destroy it all. SHAPIRO: Cre...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here's a question. Should people who commit serious crimes as minors be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole? Well, the Supreme Court has ruled that, in many cases, the answer should be no. NPR's Cheryl Corley repor...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: While the debate over immigration rages here in the U.S., there's a similar debate happening in Israel. Tens of thousands of East African migrants have gone to Israel in the past decade, and now Israel is handing out deportation...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over six decades, the Reverend Billy Graham electrified audiences around the world. He counseled American presidents, and he transformed evangelical Christianity. Today, the man known as America's pastor passed away at the age of...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One year ago, a well-known intensive care physician announced that he just might have come across a cure for sepsis. This deadly reaction to infection kills around a quarter of a million people in the U.S. each year. It's the leadi...
Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The new genetic engineering technique known as CRISPR is revolutionizing scientific research and stirring up a whole lot of excitement about new ways to treat diseases....
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The American dinner plate today is an exercise in variety, and that's thanks in part to a man named David Fairchild. He was a government botanist at the end of the 19th century. Back then, meals were mostly about sustenance, and Fa...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: These Olympic Games have created a number of breakout stars, including the Garlic Girls. That's the nickname of the South Korean women's curling team whose members all come from the same garlic-producing hometown. NPR's Elise Hu ha...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When we say someone's having a breakout year in Hollywood, we're often talking about an ingenue in their 20s starring in a sequel to some big-budget franchise. Well, Michael Stuhlbarg is having a breakout year in Hollywood, and he...