After Brief Lockdown At U.S. Capitol, Here's What We Know
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Capitol Hill this afternoon was a place for a lot of police activity. The U.S. Capitol went into lockdown after a man with a weapon entered...
View ArticleGangs Flex Their Muscle On Violent Streets Of El Salvador
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This year the country with the highest murder rate in the world outside of war zones is breaking its own records. El Salvador is a place where...
View ArticleAmeera, A 6-Year-Old Afghan, Prepares To Walk Out Of U.S. Military Hospital
Earlier this year, a 6-year-old girl was shot and badly wounded during a firefight between U.S. and Afghan forces and the Taliban. Her father, a Taliban fighter, her mother and some siblings were all...
View ArticleIn 'Confirmed Kills,' Iliza Shlesinger Cloaks Social Commentary In Comic Rants
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger has a lot to say about what it's like to be a lady these days — and what things could have been like in the past. "Do you think for a second, that if women were physically...
View ArticlePolice Videos Aren't Going Away. How Can We Learn From Them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysGtZdeZT0k Editor's Note: This story includes videos and descriptions of violent encounters between police and civilians, as well as language that may not be...
View Article'I Think It's Hard To Be A Person': Aimee Mann On Compassionate Songwriting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8HZ6X20Og Aimee Mann 's music has always been characterized as melancholy. So on her new album, Mental Illness , she decided to lean into the stereotype. "A friend of...
View Article'Aggressive Yet Sublime': A Looter, Nirvana And The Los Angeles Riots
When you talk about the unrest that broke out in Los Angeles 25 years ago after the Rodney King verdict, one thing people usually remember is the looting. People went into stores and just walked out...
View ArticleFood Critic Now Halfway Through Taco-A-Day Quest. Will He Fold?
One taco is good, but two tacos are better. By that reasoning, hundreds of tacos should be incredible. And Mike Sutter, food critic for the San Antonio Express-News , is now about halfway through his "...
View ArticleFormer New Mexico Governor Discusses His Role In Otto Warmbier Negotiations
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Hamilton County Coroner's Office in Cincinnati is investigating the death of Otto Warmbier. A public funeral is planned for Thursday. The...
View ArticleThis 10-Pound Keyboard From The 1980s Is Making A Comeback
Only a well-trained ear might be able to hear the difference between a generic keyboard and the IBM Model F keyboard that was popular in the 1980s. The Model F is considered by many people to be the...
View ArticleWho's The True Boss Of Snopes? Legal Fight Puts Fact-Check Site At Risk
You may have read that Bigfoot was found dead on a lake shore in New Mexico this summer. He wasn't. You can learn about that hoax here from the myth-busting and fact-checking site Snopes. You may have...
View ArticleU.K. Bans Gas And Diesel Cars Starting 2040: Electric Cars Are The Future
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Leaders in the U.K. want to make it illegal to drive a car with a gasoline or diesel engine. Britain's environmental secretary says the...
View ArticleSessions Has Long Shown Unwavering Support For Trump
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The relationship between President Trump and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is not getting any better. In an interview with The New...
View ArticleMuslims In The U.S. Face Increased Discrimination, PEW Report Says
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are an estimated 3.3 million Muslims in the United States, and that number is growing. Today the Pew Research Center released a...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Continue Effort To Pass Health Care Law
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Senate is entering its third straight day of debate over health care. So far Republicans have failed to come up with a proposal that...
View ArticleHow Politics Have Complicated Business For Kushner Companies
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is EMBEDDED. Hello, hello. Can you hear me? DANIEL GOLDEN: Hi. How are you? MCEVERS: Hey, I'm good. This is...
View ArticleFor Country Music Industry And Artists, Gun Politics Presents A Minefield
The Country Music Association Awards ceremony was Wednesday, but people are still talking about the show because of what wasn't said that night. The CMA tried to create a politics-free zone for hosts...
View Article3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock
In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock had a huge amount of power in Hollywood. That's when he plucked actress Tippi Hedren from relative obscurity to star in his new movie, The Birds . It was a big break for...
View ArticleHomeless In Los Angeles: A Growing Problem
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The number of homeless people in the U.S. has gone up for the first time since 2010, so says the federal government's annual report on...
View ArticleLooking At George Papadopoulos' Connections In The Russia Investigation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: George Papadopoulos is the reason the FBI started its investigation into whether President Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia to...
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