NOEL KING, HOST: Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is no longer in a state of emergency. That's according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And because of that, FEMA has started cutting back its financia...
NOEL KING, HOST: The groundbreaking martial arts movie Enter The Dragon opened in the U.S. 45 years ago this week. That movie was supposed to make Bruce Lee a star. But a month before it came out, Bruce Lee died, and instead of becoming a star, he be...
NOEL KING, HOST: The new leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Sarah Hirshland, starts work on Monday. That organization has been criticized for how it has dealt or not dealt with sexual abuse. As Alexandra Starr reports, some advocates say that to c...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here in California, these massive wildfires are setting records for the second year in a row. And state leaders here are scrambling to close some gaps in the law. They're hoping this might help curb future fires or make the differ...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another story now. Forty percent of Americans don't have $400 to cover emergency expenses such as car repairs. Some people turn to payday loans or other costly ways to borrow money. But now, as NPR's Chris Arnold reports,...
NOEL KING, HOST: There's been a really exciting advance in the war on cancer with the help of what scientists are calling living drugs. They're made by genetically modifying patients' own immune system cells. And today NPR's health correspondent Rob...
NOEL KING, HOST: Lift Every Voice And Sing is a song that has a lot of meaning for many African-Americans. For generations, it's been sung in schools, in churches and in dozens of recordings and landmark performances. Motown's Kim Weston sang it in f...
Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76 DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are sad to report this morning that the Queen of Soul has died. Aretha Franklin was 76 and had pancreatic cancer. Let's look back now with NPR's Ted Robbins. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE:...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. The job market is hot right now, and businesses are scrambling to find available workers. But worker advocates say age discrimination persists when it comes to recruitment and hiring. Several pending legal cases are put...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: When you hear the word blockchain, you might think of cryptocurrency. The technology acts as a digital ledger which has the potential to transform a number of industries like agriculture. Kamila Kudelska of Wyoming Public Radio e...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This week the White House did something it rarely does - issue an apology. Press secretary Sarah Sanders apologized after she wildly understated job gains by African-Americans under former President Obama. President Trump often b...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Crazy Rich Asians is a movie about life and love among the super wealthy in Southeast Asia, and the movie opens today. Actress Awkwafina is in a breakout role as the heroine's best friend, and she explains... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, C...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here in Los Angeles, there is a vast, green space in a very posh neighborhood that may soon become a haven for homeless veterans. And this is going to be a big change for the campus of the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration....
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We begin this hour with a report of widespread clergy sex abuse in Catholic churches throughout Pennsylvania. A grand jury investigation released today gives details on 301 priests who allegedly abused more than 1,000 children. P...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Germany, where beer consumption is up - beer consumption is up as temperatures remain unusually high. This is a climate change story in a sense, I suppose. And it's good and bad news for the beer industry. While the breweries hav...
