美国国家公共电台 NPR Mueller Turns Up The Heat With Unusual Search Warrant In Russia Probe

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in last year's election is heating up. This week we learned that the FBI conducted an early morning raid at the home of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. Here's w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Navigating The 'Aisle Of Confusion' To Whiten Your Teeth

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Right from how smells can make us more attractive, let's turn to a multibillion-dollar global industry that is devoted to making you look more attractive, teeth whitening. Just walk into any pharmacy. Go online. You'll see them -

美国国家公共电台 NPR Seltzer's Popularity Bubbles Up In The U.S.

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We may be in the middle of a seltzer bubble. Americans are drinking nearly 170 million gallons each year, and seltzer sales have gone up 42 percent over the last five years with no signs of slowing down. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Furthe

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Eclipse Madness Sweeps U.S., A Stonehenge Made Of Cars Prepares

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we're going to turn now to Nebraska and a roadside attraction that mixes mysticism and Motown. It's Carhenge. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Rising like monoliths from ancient times stands a formation of vintage American

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some States Say Declaring An Emergency Has Helped In The Opioid Fight

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump is turning his attention to the nation's opioid crisis. He spoke yesterday laying out plans to step up law enforcement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Federal drug prosecutions have gone

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beach Town Tries To Reverse Runaway Growth Of 'Sober Homes'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The nation's epidemic of opioid abuse has created new opportunities for insurance fraud. Health care insurance pays for the costs of recovery. That's led to a boom in residential treatment programs for addicts, some of which use de

美国国家公共电台 NPR Nixon White House Counsel John Dean Sees Uphill Climb For Trump In Leaks Fight

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is pressuring the Justice Department to go after those who leak classified information. And he is certainly not the first president to be annoyed by leaks. In the '80s, Ronald Reagan even joked about his frustratio

美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On

AILSA CHANG, HOST: We've been following for a long time now a story about an invention that could save thousands of Americans every year from really serious accidents. Industry has resisted adopting it. And now, regulators in Washington may take step

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chinese Blockbuster 'Wolf Warrior II' Mixes Jingoism With Hollywood Heroism

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's no question what the blockbuster film in China is this summer. An action flick called Wolf Warrior II has taken in more than half a billion dollars in its first two weeks. That's a new box office record for China. NPR's A

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sal Khan: Can Technology Help Create A Global Classroom?

GUY RAZ, HOST: So here's what a chemistry class at the Khan Lab School in Los Altos, Calif., sounds like. UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: (Singing) Hydrogen and helium and lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon everywhere. Nitrogen all through the air. RAZ: Don't

美国国家公共电台 NPR Andreas Schleicher: What Are The Keys To A Successful Education System?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, ideas about changing school, about how we can rethink education and even how different countries might be doing it better. ANDREAS SCHLEICHER: I've been in schools i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tyler DeWitt: How Do We Get Kids Hooked On Science?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So remember your high school science class? Maybe you had a textbook that sounded something like this. TYLER DEWITT: Remember that a water molecule is polar, with a partial negative charge

美国国家公共电台 NPR Linda Cliatt-Wayman: What Can We Do To Empower Students Living In Poverty?

GUY RAZ, HOST: So when it comes to rethinking education, sure, more inspired curricula could help and, of course, so could better technology. And, of course, flipping the classroom structure could be transformational. But what about when school is th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Nearly 1 In 5 Hospice Patients Discharged While Still Alive

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Hospice care is for the dying. It helps patients manage pain, comforts them, perhaps even allows them to focus on spending a last bit of quality time with their loved ones. But in recent years, nearly 1 in 5 patients have been disc

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Public health officials and others concerned about the nation's opioid crisis are pleased with President Trump's intention to declare it a national emergency. Trump's presidential commission on opioids said an emergency declaration

美国国家公共电台 NPR Inside Wrigley Field, The Scorekeepers Stay True To Baseball's Beginnings

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Baseball's a game that honors tradition, like B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. At Wrigley Field, which is where I believe the world champion Chicago Cubs play, that 103-year-old ballpark has a new seating and dining area

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Whose Streets?' Follows Unrest In Ferguson, Mo., After Michael Brown's Death

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been three years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. The documentary Whose Streets? takes place in Ferguson, but it doesn't explore what happened to Michael Brown. In

美国国家公共电台 NPR Carson Promises To Help Residents Of Housing Projects His Department Is Shutting Down

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Housing Secretary Ben Carson is pledging to do all he can to help hundreds of residents who will be displaced from two run-down public housing projects in Cairo, Ill. A few months back, Carson's agency announced it will close, rath

美国国家公共电台 NPR Glen Campbell, Country Music Legend, Is Dead At 81

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Over the course of a career that spanned half a century, Glen Campbell sold more than 40 million records and scored more than 20 top 10 hits on the country and pop charts. He also acted in movies and hosted his own TV show. Glen

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Baltimore Police Scandal Threatens Criminal Cases

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Hundreds of criminal cases in Baltimore are in jeopardy after two incidents picked up by police body cameras show officers allegedly planting drug evidence. So far more than 40 criminal cases have been dropped because of the vide