RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Since President Trump took office, he's been named as a defendant in more than a hundred lawsuits. Most of them involve immigration or civil rights issues. There is one that stands apart. Here's NPR's Peter Overby. PETER OVERBY,

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Muslim Women In India Ask Top Court To Ban Instant Divorce

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's banned in many Muslim countries, but instant divorce persists among India's Muslims. There, men have the power to end a marriage just by uttering a single word which means divorce. Now India's supreme court is heari

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Forget F. Scott: In 'Z,' Christina Ricci Tells Zelda Fitzgerald's Story

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Christina Ricci's career in movies began early - really early. She was only 10 when she played the adorably malevolent Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. She went on to play fascinating, often dark and damaged women.

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trendy Hospital Clothing To Make Cancer Patients Dress 'Well' Even When Unwell

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Spending long stretches of time in the hospital can be emotionally draining. There's the loss of basic comforts, the sterile environment, fluorescent lights and indignities, like those open-backed disposable gowns. To tr

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tiny Desk Contestant Diana Gameros: 'How Can I Dissolve Borders?'

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We've been talking to some of the musicians who made an impression on the judges of NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest. This week... DIANA GAMEROS: My name is Diana Gameros. I live in the Bay Area. I am originally from Ciudad

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美国国家公共电台 NPR March Madness Vasectomies Encourage Guys To Take One For The Team

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: March Madness, a college basketball tournament, is primetime for marketing to men - trucks, beer, pizza and vasectomies. From KQED in San Francisco, April Dembosky has the story. APRIL DEMBOSKY, BYLINE: About eight years ago, a u

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Meet Jenni Konner, The Off-Screen 'Grown-Up' Who Helped Make 'Girls'

(SOUNDBITE OF VALERIE JUNE SONG, JUST IN TIME) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The passage of time weaves through Valerie June's new album, The Order Of Time. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, JUST IN TIME) VALERIE JUNE: (Singing) Take my breath away and you put me down, teach

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美国国家公共电台 NPR When Valerie June Writes Music, It Begins With A Voice In Her Head

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A High School's Lesson For Helping English Language Learners Get To College

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In the United States, about 1 in every 10 students is an English-language learner, and many schools struggle to get these students comfortable with their new language. Getting them ahead and to college is another hurdle. One school

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Cancer Is Partly Caused By Bad Luck, Study Finds

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are a lot of reasons why people get cancer. Sometimes it's exposure to something toxic like smoke. Sometimes it's just bad genes. New research finds most of the genetic mutations that lead to cancer crop up naturally, and t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR GSA Says Trump D.C. Hotel Lease Is Valid, Despite Ban On Elected Officials

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump may have suffered a setback this week with health care reform. But he did score a victory when it comes to his five-star hotel here in Washington, D.C. There had been a controversy over a particular clause in the

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美国国家公共电台 NPR How Do You Dream Up A Cockatoo Feast? An Artist Explains In 'Imaginarium'

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Looking at Claire Rosen's photographs can feel like walking into someone else's dreams. CLAIRE ROSEN: I have a very sort of whimsical, surreal view of the world that is deeply rooted in magic and fairy tales and this ide

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Repeal Of Health Law Could Force Tough Decisions For Arizona Republicans

DAVID GREENE, HOST: States are already preparing for changes that might come if the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act passes. That replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, is still working its way through Congress. An

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Arianna Huffington Save Uber?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Uber is in a crisis. This week, the ride-sharing company's president resigned after just six months on the job. Morale has been shaken following a damning account of sexual harassment. The board is so concerned about the CEO's ab

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Just Off Music Row, Nashville's R&B Scene Thrives

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Let's play a little word association. I say Nashville, you say country music. Because that's what the city is all about, right? There was a time though when Nashville had a lot of RB going on - nightclubs, record label

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Doctor Turns Up Possible Treatment For Deadly Sepsis

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is the nation's third-leading cause of death. Researchers now say they've developed a treatment that has been remarkably effective. Here's NPR's Richard Harris. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: One January day t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Seeking Empathy, 'Shots Fired' Creators Flip The Script On Police Shootings

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Also on TV tonight, a new show looking at racially charged police shootings. The 10-episode series on FOX is called Shots Fired. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says the show is better at exploring explosive emotions than it is at pro

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美国国家公共电台 NPR The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Researchers Test Hotter, Faster And Cleaner Way To Fight Oil Spills

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seven years ago showed just how hard it is to combat a massive oil spill. Cleaning oil from water is a challenge, especially on the open sea. Now the federal government is backing research on

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美国国家公共电台 NPR German City Accepts Karl Marx Statue From China, But Not Everyone's Happy

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: After communism collapsed in Europe and Germany was reunited, many people in the former West Germany saw themselves as being on the right side of history. Many people in the former East Germany wanted to forget their communist pa

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