Parents Worry Congress Won't Fund The Children's Health Insurance Program MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Nine million kids get their health insurance through the federal Children's Health Insurance Program. Congress, though, has let the program expire, and

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Christopher Plummer Nominated For Golden Globe After Replacing Kevin Spacey

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. Among the nominees is Christopher Plummer for a role he played as a last-minute replacement for Kevin Spacey. NPR's Camila Domonoske reports. CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: All

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美国国家公共电台 NPR The Worst Accents And Best Props From Movies In 2017

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: So it is that time of year, the few weeks at the end of the year when everybody has a list - best of, worst of, least, most - all that stuff. This week on the show, we have our own lists of highly specific superlatives. And to ge

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The life expectancy of Native Americans in some states is 20 years shorter than the national average - 20 years. There may be many factors in this and here's one. About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimina

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Arctic's Temperature Continues To Run Hot, Latest 'Report Card' Shows

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Arctic is a huge icy cap on the planet, and it acts like a global air conditioner. But the air conditioner is breaking down. Today, scientists issued a grim report card on the Arctic. They say the pole continues to warm at an

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Down Syndrome Families Divided Over Abortion Ban

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Ohio might soon become the latest state to restrict abortions. A bill to ban doctors from performing abortions after a Down syndrome diagnosis has passed both chambers of the state legislature and could be on its way to the go

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Deathless Prose Added To Our Collective Memories In 2017

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: As 2017 draws to an end and we try to assess it, one measure is, what deathless prose has been added to our collective memories over the past 12 months? Well, Fred Shapiro has assembled the top 10 quotations of the year from inte

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Showstopping Holiday Desserts For Home Cooks Of All Skill Levels

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There is plenty enough holiday season left for you to get some holiday treats. British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi coauthored a book called Sweet and has some suggestions. YOTAM OTTOLENGHI: Holiday in the northern hemisphere -

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tillerson's North Korean Overture Highlights His Credibility Problem

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Well, the U.S. secretary of state has a message for North Korea. Here is Rex Tillerson speaking yesterday. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON: We're ready to talk any time North Korea would like to

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Concern Grows In Pakistan Over Cases Of Disappearance

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's go now to Pakistan, where hundreds of activists, bloggers, militants and political dissidents have disappeared over the past few years. Some of them never return, and activists say this is getting worse. In Karachi, Pakistan

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Consumers Hunting For Health Insurance Find High Prices — And Some Great Deals

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Tomorrow is the deadline in most states for people to buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges - a law still in place despite Republican efforts to dismantle it. So as open enrollment ends, we have reporters in t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR This Mouse Swallows Part Of A Fox: Disney Buys Most Of Murdoch Empire

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Walt Disney Company is buying most of 21st Century Fox. Disney takes over a big part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, although Murdoch retains control of the Fox TV network and Fox News. NPR media correspondent David Folkenf

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Terry Crews On His Sexual Assault Lawsuit: This Is About Accountability

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last week, Time magazine announced the silence breakers as their person of the year, referring to those who helped create a greater awareness around sexual assault and harassment. Terry Crews is one of those silence breakers. He

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Stories Of Syria's Uprising, And Its Backyard Funerals, In 'Gardens Speak'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: For the next few minutes, we're going to hear about people who are expressing political opposition through art and protest. In Miami Beach this weekend, an art exhibition encourages visitors to lie in freshly dug graves to experi

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Visit To Houston's Himalaya: Pakistani And Indian Food With Deep Texas Roots

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Just off a Houston freeway, in a strip mall with an Indian tailor and a South Asian grocery store, is a small restaurant with an outsized reputation. It's called Himalaya, and its chef and owner is a Houston institution. KA

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Biologists With Drones And Peanut Butter Pellets Are On A Mission To Help Ferrets

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In central Montana, drones are dropping peanut butter pellets on prairie dog colonies. As Yellowstone Public Radio's Nate Hegyi explains, it's part of an effort by biologists to save North America's most endangered mammal.

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Worries Grow In Hong Kong As China Pushes Its Official Version Of History In Schools

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: History is written by the winners. So when power is shared, there's often a tug of war over the past. That's what's happening in Hong Kong, which has enjoyed a degree of political autonomy since Great Britain returned control of

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美国国家公共电台 NPR This Year's Christmas Tree Shortage Has Roots In The Recession

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now I need to warn you that this next story is a slight bummer if you celebrate Christmas and you happen to celebrate with a freshly-cut evergreen. It turns out that you might be getting a Charlie Brown tree this year - you know,

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Fight For Rights Will Continue' In Zimbabwe, #ThisFlag Movement Pastor Vows

'Fight For Rights Will Continue' In Zimbabwe, #ThisFlag Movement Pastor Vows MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to Zimbabwe, where, for years, the mantra from opponents of the country's longtime leader was Mugabe must go. Now that Robert Mugabe has gone, what'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom On Broadway — And In Danger

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Here's an idea for a musical. The end is near. It was just a day for the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom to figure out how to save themselves from a powerful volcano that's about to explode. Who can we count on to come through? Well,

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