SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a photograph that's been seen around the world this week. It seems to hold both civilization and destruction in the same frame. The photo shows a white-haired man sitting on a bed in the midst of rubble. He sits in front of

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美国国家公共电台 NPR New 'Basic Economy' Airfares May Not Be As Cheap As You Think

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The big three airlines - American, Delta and United - are taking on discount carriers like Spirit and Frontier by offering no-frills discounted fares called basic economy. Some are calling it misery class because among other thing

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Unlike Elsewhere In Europe, The Far Right In Spain Stays On The Fringe

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep with the story of what makes Spain different. If you look at the past few years in Spain, you might expect politics there to resemble the rest of the continent because Spain has been through the same shocks

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Planned Parenthood Would Lose Millions In Payments Under GOP Health Plan

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Republican health care proposal includes a section on Planned Parenthood. The American Health Care Act would deny federal funds to Planned Parenthood for a year unless the group stops performing abortions. Republicans have been

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Has A New Adversary — The Church

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The president of the Philippines has picked yet another fight. Rodrigo Duterte is the president who called for war against drug dealers, encouraged killings and has even boasted of past killings himself. Now, he is fighting a ven

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Long List Of Challenges Awaits Rex Tillerson In Asia

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, begins a six-day sweep through East Asia today. It's his first trip to the region as America's top diplomat. And his first stop is Japan. And as NPR's Elise Hu reports, he heads into a

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Cancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Headed For Bigger Tests

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Scientists are hoping a cancer drug can help people with two common and disabling brain diseases - Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. A small study of the drug offered hints of its potential. Now two larger and more rigorous studies ar

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pelosi Says Democrats Have A Responsibility To Look For Common Ground On Health Law

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And we begin this part of the program on Capitol Hill. In a moment we'll hear from Kevin Brady, the Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, an architect of the House Republican Health Care Bill - but first a ta

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Convicted In Jail Corruption Case

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A court has convicted the former sheriff of Los Angeles County. The sheriff, it is said, blocked an investigation into mistreatment of jail inmates, a crime for which the penalty can be jail. Here's Annie Gilbertson of KPCC. ANNI

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Travel Ban Adds Stress To 'Match Week' For Some Doctors

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Thousands of aspiring doctors learn news of their future on Friday. That's the day they're told where they'll be doing their medical residencies. Match Day is the end of a nerve-wracking process. President Trump's efforts to ban

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Judge Gorsuch's Writings Signal He Would Be A Conservative On Social Issues

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing next week. For more than 10 years as a federal appeals court judge, Neil Gorsuch has been writing judicial

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美国国家公共电台 NPR First Openly Transgender Professional Team Athlete Retires

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to bring you a sports update now from the world of professional hockey. A lot of eyes this season have been on a player named Harrison Browne, partly because of moments like this. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNI

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Advocates Say Trump Budget Cuts Will Hurt Country's Most Vulnerable

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are a lot of critics of President Trump's budget proposal. Even members of his own party have said the plan is dead on arrival when it comes to Congress. Advocates for the poor are also expressing concern about the presiden

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Budget Slashes Climate Change Funding

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump's budget includes cuts in federal funding. And his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, says the many cuts include funding to fight climate change. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MICK MULVANEY: Regarding the questio

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Texas Braces For Medicaid Cuts Under GOP Health Plan

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's follow up on a statement made a lot about a Republican health care plan. In its current form, the bill is likely to cost many people who voted for President Trump. Older people with lower incomes, for example, would pay mor

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Skeptical Of Federal Agency Power

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: At most Supreme Court confirmation hearings, you hear a lot about divisive social issues - abortion, affirmative action, same-sex marriage. And the hearings next week on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be no exception. Bu

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Google Glass Didn't Disappear. You Can Find It On The Factory Floor

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Remember Google Glass, the headsets that look like regular glasses but have a small computer on the side that you can talk to and use to access the internet? Google Glass kind of fizzled out. It was discontinued in the consumer mar

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Movie Twins? Weirdly Similar Films That Came Out Within Months Of Each Other

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The new movie Life, which opens next Friday, is about a group of astronauts who discover an alien life form and live to regret it. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, LIFE) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) That is beautiful. CORNISH: So is

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'This Is Us' Creator Dan Fogelman Says He Didn't Mean To Make You Cry

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: You might want to get your tissues. The season finale of This Is Us airs tonight. The freshman show has been a surprise hit for its network, NBC, and consistently inspired tears. The show's creator, Dan Fogelman, is getting praise

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Blind Theatergoer's 'Hamilton' Lawsuit Aims Spotlight On Broadway Accessibility

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Broadway has a spotty track record of accommodating audience members with disabilities. That was highlighted recently when a blind theatregoer sued the producers of the hit musical Hamilton. Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLI

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