美国国家公共电台 NPR Draft Of Health Care Bill Addresses Trump Concerns About 'Bailouts' For Insurers

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There's a new plan to stabilize the Affordable Care Act for next year, specifically to shore up its insurance markets. Now, this is a bill from a bipartisan group of senators led by Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Pat

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Da Vinci's Last Privately Owned Painting Probably Won't End Up In A Museum

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The only painting by Leonardo da Vinci known to be in private hands is going on the market. Titled Salvator Mundi or Savior Of The World, it depicts Christ holding the world in his left hand and offering a blessing with his right.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Taran Killam Says 'There Was Never Any Common Ground' When Trump Hosted 'SNL'

(SOUNDBITE OF FLEVANS' FLICKER) SAM SANDERS, HOST: Hey, y'all. From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute. This Tuesday, just like every Tuesday, we're bringing you a really great conversation. Today, SNL alum, actor and now director Taran Killam.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democrats To Attorney General Sessions: Don't Duck Our Questions

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee today for what is billed as a routine oversight hearing. That's what it's billed, but nothing feels very routine about the issues the Justice Departme

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'A Major Distraction': Is A Megadeal Like Amazon's HQ2 Always Worth It?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we report on the downside of a bidding war for Amazon. Many cities are competing to be the chosen one, the site for a second Amazon headquarters and 50,000 promised jobs. At the same time, some politicians ask if cities are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks Trump's Third Attempt At Travel Ban

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Trump's administration's third attempt to ban travelers from certain countries was set to take effect today and will not - at least not in its entirety. Overnight, a federal judge in Maryland partially blocked the new travel

美国国家公共电台 NPR Denver Failed To Land Boeing. Now It's Using Lifestyle To Woo Amazon

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Across the country, hundreds of cities are making their pitch to Amazon. City officials have until Thursday to convince Amazon to open their second headquarters in their town. At stake - potentially 50,000 jobs and $5 billion wor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why World Hunger Isn't Going Away As Fast As We'd Hoped

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to hear now about the global effort to reduce hunger. In 1990, about a fourth of people on the planet were not getting enough to eat. Today it's less than half that. And a couple years ago, this progress inspired world

美国国家公共电台 NPR Astronomers Strike Gravitational Gold In Colliding Neutron Stars

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: For the first time, scientists have seen the violent collision of two neutron stars. They've watched as heavy elements like gold, platinum and uranium were forged. This cosmic smashup is being hailed as one of the biggest eve

美国国家公共电台 NPR Astronaut Scott Kelly's Latest Mission: A Book

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There was nothing routine about what astronaut Scott Kelly pulled off - living in space for nearly a year, 340 consecutive days, to be exact. It was important work meant to evaluate the impact of life in space on the human body.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Richard Wilbur Dies At 96

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The poet Richard Wilbur died over the weekend. He was 96. Wilbur has been both praised and criticized for his classical approach to poetry, but he earned just about every honor a poet could receive, including being named the seco

美国国家公共电台 NPR Amy Tan Revisits The Roots Of Her Writing Career In 'Where The Past Begins'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Amy Tan is best known for her novels that focus on mother-daughter relationships and Chinese-American culture. Her most famous of course is The Joy Luck Club. Her latest book, Where The Past Begins, is what she calls a writer's m

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cities Dream Of Landing Amazon's New HQ And They're Going To Great Lengths To Show It

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The retail giant Amazon is looking for a second home. And this could mean thousands of jobs and a new economic anchor for a city. Big cities like Denver and Atlanta are competing. But as we hear from Michigan Radio's Rick Pluta, l

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments?

The Court Challenge Begins: Is Trump Taking Unconstitutional Emoluments? KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A group challenging Donald Trump's dual roles as president and businessman will have its day in court tomorrow. A federal judge in Manhattan hears prelimina

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kirkus Changes Review After 'American Heart' Draws Outrage As 'White Savior Narrative'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Navigating the world of young adult literature is becoming a fraught adventure. The latest skirmish started when critics of the yet to be published novel American Heart took to Twitter to denounce the book for cultural insensitivit

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I'm Old As Dirt But I Can Still Sing': Sweet Pea Atkinson On 'Get What You Deserve'

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Now step into the way-back machine onto the dance floors of the 1980s. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, WALK THE DINOSAUR) SWEET PEA ATKINSON: (Singing) The sun was spitting fire. The sky was blue as ice. I felt a little tired, so I watched M

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sunday Morning Alt.Latino Serenade: Four Tracks For Your Weekend

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Chef José Andrés Has Served Nearly 1.5 Million Meals To Hungry Puerto Ricans

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Another story now. The Coliseo is the biggest concert hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Now, since Hurricane Maria devastated the island a month ago, the hall has become the center of a massive effort to feed tens of thousands o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Body Cam Study Shows No Effect On Police Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A wearable camera is increasingly a routine part of police officers' uniforms. That's despite a shortage of solid research on how the technology affects policing. Now a large study in the nation's capital has turned up some unexpec

美国国家公共电台 NPR Philip Pullman Returns To The Dark Materials Universe In A New Prequel — Er, 'Equel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The world Philip Pullman created is back, in his hands and now ours. His Dark Materials trilogy, which began more than 20 years ago with a book called The Golden Compass is set in a world ruled by a theocratic overlords called The