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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And for more on the Trump administration's reaction to the chemical weapons attack in Syria, we're joined now by NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Hi, Tam. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hi. SIEGEL: What has President Trump actu

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Hemingway Didn't Say That' (And Neither Did Twain Or Kafka)

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Department To Review All Civil Rights Agreements On Police Conduct

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling for a big change at the Justice Department. He wants federal authorities to approach local police in a different way. Rather than investigate cases of local wrongdoing, Sessions wants to

美国国家公共电台 NPR New York's Solitary Confinement Overhaul Gets Pushback From Union

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here in the United States, some prison guards are defending the use of solitary confinement. It's been controversial for centuries. As long ago as 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, was shocked to le

美国国家公共电台 NPR When The Border Is Just Next Door, Crossing It Is A Fact Of (Daily) Life

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's hear the way President Trump's emerging border policy looks from the U.S.-Mexico border. On this day when a Senate committee in Washington considers plans for more border walls, we visit Nogales, Ariz., and its sister city

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Do Some South Koreans Believe A Myth That North Koreans Have Horns?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with China's president this week. Front and center in that conversation will be what to do about the growing threat from North Korea. For more than two decades, the U.S. ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Carrying Some Extra Pounds May Not Be Good After All

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The dangers of obesity are well known. The dangers of carrying a little extra weight, though, are the subject of more debate. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports that a new study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine s

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Russian Twitter Bots Pumped Out Fake News During The 2016 Election

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: If the story of Russian influence in the 2016 election makes you uneasy, Clint Watts will not make you feel much better. The former FBI agent is now a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He testified before th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mayte Garcia Knew She Would Marry Prince, But Could Never Have Predicted How

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The death last year of this musical great is no less shocking with the passage of time. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, POP LIFE) PRINCE: (Singing) Pop life, everybody needs a thrill. MARTIN: Prince's music is known and loved, though the man

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Poetic Legacy Of Russia's Yevgeny Yevtushenko

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO: (Speaking Russian). ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the Russian poet who was known for speaking out against anti-Semitism and the Soviet Union. He died over the weekend at age 83. NPR's

美国国家公共电台 NPR Documentarian Says 'Anarchist Cookbook' Author Was Filled With Remorse

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: If you've been around long enough, you have seen this book - black cover, blocky white letters, instructions for making your own explosives inside. The Anarchist Cookbook was first published 45 years ago. And it comes with this w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Self-Driving Cars Raise Questions About Who Carries Insurance

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Last month, a car using self-driving features crashed with a human driver. That accident in Tempe, Ariz., did not result in any major injuries, but it did highlight new issues for the auto insurance industry. NPR's Yuki Noguchi a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Wildlife Photographers Use Bait, But Is It Worth The Shot?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Have you ever seen one of those amazing wildlife photos of an owl swooping in - wings stretched out, coming, like, straight at the camera right at you? Well, how in the world did a photographer get that shot? Turns out, they used

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ferguson, Mo., Residents Worry About Low Voter Turnout In Mayoral Election

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: People in Ferguson, Mo., will vote to choose a mayor tomorrow. It's the town's first mayoral election since 2014. And that was the year a white police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black man, Michael Brown. Then there we

美国国家公共电台 NPR States Find Other Execution Methods After Difficulties With Lethal Injection

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The state of Arkansas has a death penalty problem. The state is rushing to execute death row inmates at an unprecedented pace this month before its supply of lethal drugs expires. The expiration date is important because it's gett

美国国家公共电台 NPR Adam Galinsky: What Drives Us To Speak Up?

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Howard Norman's 'My Darling Detective' Pays Homage To Film Noir

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Howard Norman's new novel is set in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the core of the plot of My Darling Detective is a photograph and an auction. HOWARD NORMAN: (Reading) The auction was held at 5 p.m. in the street-level drawing room of

美国国家公共电台 NPR 25 Years Ago, 'Barney' The Dinosaur First Appeared On TV Screens

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Parents, consider this your trigger warning. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BARNEY THEME SONG) UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN #1: (Singing) Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination, and when he's tall, he's what we call a dinosaur sensation. SIEGEL

美国国家公共电台 NPR Comedian Don Rickles, Merciless 'Merchant Of Venom,' Dies At 90

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Before Comedy Central's celebrity roasts, before American Idol's Simon Cowell, before Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, one man abused people on TV and in clubs like no other. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: La