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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

美国国家公共电台 NPR In The Age Of Fake News And Alternative Facts, Al Gore Remains Optimistic

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump's revised travel ban is set to take effect just after midnight. Before it does, immigrants - immigrant rights activists are asking courts across the country to block the order again. The measure signed by the pres

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Travel Ban Blocked Nationwide By Federal Judge In Hawaii

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump's revised travel ban is set to take effect just after midnight. Before it does, immigrants - immigrant rights activists are asking courts across the country to block the order again. The measure signed by the pres

美国国家公共电台 NPR Exit Polls Suggest Dutch Rejection Of Nationalist Candidate Wilders

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In the Netherlands, the polls have closed on an election that's being watched around much of the Western world. Nearly all of the attention has been on the anti-immigrant candidate Geert Wilders. Wilders was linked to the populis

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Refugees In Germany, Hope And Frustration Mark Path Toward Integration

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits President Trump at the White House later this week. The two leaders have many differences. One of the biggest being on immigration. Merkel has welcomed more than a million refugees - many of

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Microbe Hunter Plies Her Trade In Space

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few years ago, an airplane touched down on a grass runway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and out stepped microbiologist Kate Rubins. KATE RUBINS: If you put your finger on a map in the middle of Africa, that's about where

美国国家公共电台 NPR Orangutan's Vocal Feats Hint At Deeper Roots of Human Speech

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Scientists are finding clues about the origin of human speech thanks to a very unusual ape. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an orangutan named Rocky. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: A half-dozen orangutans are relaxing in a sun-filled atrium

美国国家公共电台 NPR Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: South by Southwest also showcases art, the type of art you'd expect at a tech-focused conference. One installation features counter-surveillance fashion by a group of women of color. They first caught the eye of NPR arts correspo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bipartisan 'Bromance' Blossoms As 2 Texas Congressmen Make D.C. Road Trip

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A late winter storm has been dumping snow on the Northeast since yesterday. Thousands of flights have been canceled. That will not stop two Texas congressmen from making it back to Washington. BETO O'ROURKE: We are in a Chevy Imp