美国国家公共电台 NPR CBO Predicts Rise In Deficit If Trump Cuts Payments To Insurance Companies

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Congressional Budget Office has weighed in on a health care proposal floated by President Trump. He's been threatening to cut off payments the government makes to insurance companies to lower the cost of co-payments and deduc

美国国家公共电台 NPR CEOs' Dilemma: Supporting Trump's Agenda, Opposing His Behavior

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today President Trump tried to keep his business agenda on track. He signed an executive order to speed up the permitting of highways and bridges. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We will rebuild our coun

美国国家公共电台 NPR Exclusive: Inside The Lab Where Scientists Are Editing DNA In Human Embryos

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Scientists recently made headlines when they announced they had figured out how to edit DNA in human embryos for the first time. This week, the scientists invited NPR health correspondent Rob Stein into their lab in Portland, Ore.,

美国国家公共电台 NPR California Prepares For An Eclipse Of Its Solar Power

AILSA CHANG, HOST: People across the country are gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday - and not just spectators - energy supply managers, too, especially where you are, David. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yeah, that's right. Almost half the solar power

美国国家公共电台 NPR High School Reunion: Making A 'Teachable Moment'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Think back to your high school days. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones who didn't just survive those years but thrived. Or maybe you've spent the better part of your adult life trying to forget the whole thing. Well, our co-hos

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Radiant, Isolated Star: A New Documentary Tells Whitney Houston's Story

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Whitney Houston - so many of us felt the power and emotion in her beautiful voice. But she lived a turbulent life, and she died way too young. A new unauthorized documentary is opening in theaters today, and it will be on Showtime

美国国家公共电台 NPR Undocumented Teens Say They're Falsely Accused Of Being In A Gang

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The MS-13 gang is getting blamed for a spike in deadly violence on Long Island, N.Y. La Mara Salvatrucha, as it's also known, actively recruits kids. So schools are becoming a key battlefield in the fight against the gang. But WNYC

美国国家公共电台 NPR Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now some good news, especially for babies around the world. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment for a common infection. It could save hundreds of thousands of newborns each year. The treatment com

美国国家公共电台 NPR He Crossed The Border In A Packed, Unventilated Trailer And Survived

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An update now - last month, an unventilated tractor trailer smuggling migrants across the border in San Antonio became a death trap. Ten people died from the heat. Late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted the driver, James B

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Heavy Drinking On The Rise, How Much Is Too Much?

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: If one glass of wine or one beer takes the edge off, why not have a few more? Well, this thinking may help explain new findings published in The Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry. As NPR's Allison Aubrey repo

美国国家公共电台 NPR 40 Years After His Death, Elvis Presley Still Draws Large Crowds

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Tens of thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil in Memphis, Tenn., last night. But it wasn't an entirely somber event. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SAVED) ELVIS PRESLEY: (Singing) Well, I can preach until you're deaf and dumb. I'

美国国家公共电台 NPR Charlottesville Businesses Worry Violent Rally Will Scare Tourists Away

AILSA CHANG, HOST: A public memorial service will be held for Heather Heyer today. She's the 32-year-old woman who was killed when a man rammed his car into counterprotesters in Charlottesville last weekend. President Trump said yesterday, he's heard

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Movies, A Solar Eclipse Means Change Is Coming

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We've already broadcast a few stories about the upcoming solar eclipse as an astronomical phenomenon. What about the solar eclipse as a plot device? From a 1907 silent film called The Eclipse: The Courtship Of Sun And Moon to mor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Are Troubled By Online Shaming Of Charlottesville Rally Participants

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The photos that have emerged from the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Va. are powerful - I mean, sometimes frightening - bodies flying as a car hits a crowd, torch-lit faces twisted with anger. Over the past couple of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Applebee's Gives Up On Millennials After Failed Rebranding Efforts

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Applebee's announced this month that more than 130 of its restaurants will close by the end of the year. The reason - millennials. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The casual dining chain rebranded itself in the past few years as a modern ba

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rachel Martin's High School Reunion

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Over a year ago, I got a message from a friend of mine from high school. She was taking it upon herself to plan our 25th reunion in the summer of 2017. And she wanted to know if I could try to come. Many months later, she got bac

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Once And Future Liberal' Looks At Shortfalls Of American Liberalism

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Last November, Columbia University historian Mark Lilla wrote a post mortem of the 2016 election for The New York Times. Writing as a liberal, professor Lilla criticized his fellow liberals and Democrats for leading their party i

美国国家公共电台 NPR 6,000-Year-Old Knee Joints Suggest Osteoarthritis Isn't Just Wear And Tear

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When you get up in the morning, do you hear a snap, crackle, pop? We're not talking about cereal here. We are talking about your knees. Well, if you reach for the painkiller before that cup of coffee, you are in good company. There

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Man Behind The Scenes In Fox News' Discredited Seth Rich Story

DAVID GREENE, HOST: It wasn't that long ago - right? - when we thought bookstores were dying. No more strolling bookshelves, chatting with staff about their favorite reads. Just go buy online - well, not so fast. Many independent bookstores, once thr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Be More Than A Bookstore: A Brick-And-Mortar Shop's Key To Success

DAVID GREENE, HOST: It wasn't that long ago - right? - when we thought bookstores were dying. No more strolling bookshelves, chatting with staff about their favorite reads. Just go buy online - well, not so fast. Many independent bookstores, once thr