美国国家公共电台 NPR Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut To Fly Untethered In Space, Has Died

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless has died. You may not know his name, but you've probably seen him in one of the most famous pictures ever taken in space. In 1984, McCandless strapped on a jet-powered backpack and flew away from t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Calif. Fire Victims Put Up Christmas Trees Where Homes Once Stood

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A massive wildfire continues to burn in Southern California. The Thomas fire is now the largest in the state's history and still threatens homes and businesses in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. October wildfires in Northern Ca

美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Gift Wrapping Tips From A Pro

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right, so that takes care of getting your present to you. But what about making it look just right? Take a tip from a pro - getting those nice crisp folded edges on your package is key. MIA CANADA: I crease everything. STEVE

美国国家公共电台 NPR McConnell Ready To 'Move On' From Obamacare Repeal, Others In GOP Say Not So Fast

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a wish for 2018 - bipartisanship. He says it's the only way forward. NPR congressional reporter Susan Davis and Kelsey Snell spoke with McConnell today about everything from immigration

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bombs In Baby Food Jars Are Just One Part of Colombia's Land Mine Problem

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In Colombia, a decades-long conflict between FARC guerrillas and the government might be officially over. But the country still grapples with a nasty legacy of that war - landmines. Farmers are afraid to return to some fields. Pare

美国国家公共电台 NPR Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The federal government has just released the latest statistics on life expectancy in the United States, and the news isn't good. In fact, it's pretty grim. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has details. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: For de

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Author Addresses A Young Santa Skeptic ?Her Daughter

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a big green tinsel warning label across the cover of Martha Brockenbrough's new book Love, Santa. It's a series of letters between a mother and a daughter. A little girl named Lucy begins to write Santa Claus when she's 7.

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Yorkers Can Now Put On Dancing Shoes And Legally Get 'Footloose' In Public Spaces

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's a moment to dance in New York. The New York City Council has voted to repeal a ban on dancing in bars and restaurants that's been on the books for 91 years. The so-called Cabaret Law was passed during Prohibition - a way to cr

美国国家公共电台 NPR President Trump Is Going To Asia: What To Watch For At Each Stop

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is traveling to Asia this morning. And this likely will be the most consequential trip of his presidency so far. The threat from North Korea's nuclear program will be top of the mind for the president and Asian lea

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Chemical Fires, Texans Worry About Toxic Effects

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We're going to revisit a community hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Crosby, Texas, is home to a chemical plant owned by the company Arkema. After that plant lost power in the storm, trailers of unstable chemicals caught fire and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Picks Federal Reserve Insider Jerome Powell To Be Its Chairman

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today President Trump nominated Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve. The president said Powell will provide the leadership needed to sustain the country's economic progress. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD

美国国家公共电台 NPR Transgender Women Of Indonesia Have A Champion In A 26-Year-Old Doctor

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Indonesia is as wide as the continental United States, and it's diverse. In the far west, Sharia law governs Aceh province. To the east, Hinduism dominates the island of Bali. There are pockets of Christianity and Buddhism. And thi

美国国家公共电台 NPR How The Diversity Visa Lottery Works

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the details we've learned about the suspect in the New York terror attack is that he was a native of Uzbekistan. He came to this country through a visa lottery system. This lottery is open to people from countries that hav

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Unlikely Friendship Reignites 2 Artists' Ambitions

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: And it's time now for StoryCorps. Today, what can happen when you take the time to start a conversation with a stranger? Thirty-one-year-old Brian Peterson is a car designer living in Santa Ana, Calif. Every d

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'It's Our Right': Christian Congregation In Indonesia Fights To Worship In Its Church

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Western leaders often hold up Indonesia as a role model. It's the third-largest democracy in the world, a majority Muslim country where religious coexistence is literally written into the founding documents. Lately human rights act

美国国家公共电台 NPR Need Help Picking An ACA Health Plan? Some States Are Reaching Out

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And few New Yorkers have been as ubiquitous in the entertainment world, from acting to writing to podcasting, as Michael Rapaport. His path to more than 100 TV and film credits began with stand-up comedy in the late '80s. These da

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Mueller Picks Up Pace, Capital Roils With Talk Of Pardons And Firing

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This week, special prosecutor Robert Mueller picked up the public pace of his investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election. He rolled out two indictments and also revealed a potentially important plea agree

美国国家公共电台 NPR 30 Years Of Criminal Justice Reporting From Robert Siegel

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A big change is coming to our program and to NPR. It involves our next guest, who I'm not used to seeing on the opposite side of the table. Robert Siegel, welcome to the studio. ROBERT SIEGEL, BYLINE: You think you're not used to s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Japanese Lawmaker's Baby Gets Booted From The Floor

ELISE HU, HOST: A Japanese lawmaker did something shocking earlier this week. She brought her baby to work. Yuka Ogata took her seat in the front row of the Kumamoto Municipal Assembly and held her 7-month-old in her lap. The baby quietly sucked his

美国国家公共电台 NPR Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: OK. The turkey and dressing may be dry or disappeared by now, but this season also sees a celebration of another distinctly American treat, the MoonPie. Maybe I should say moon-pye (ph). The snack food that began as a coal miner's