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In Germany, Construction Has Begun On Controversial New Russian Gas Pipeline RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A new pipeline that will allow Russia to increase its natural gas exports to Europe is ruffling feathers in Europe and in the U.S. President Donald Trum

美国国家公共电台 NPR Food Safety Scares Are Up In 2018. Here's Why You Shouldn't Freak Out

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It seems like we've been hearing a lot about unsafe food these days. Just this year, there have been recalls for romaine lettuce, some varieties of the snack Goldfish and a Taco Bell-brand queso dip. McDonald's stopped selling sa

美国国家公共电台 NPR Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez On Creating A Superhero For Puerto Rico

ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody? Please - just heads up. There may be some strong language in this episode - ooh (ph). ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Some bad words. EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ: I identified in a funny way with Spiderman because he was

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chicago Police Officer Goes On Trial For Murder Of Black Teen

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Jury selection is beginning today in Chicago in the trial for a white police officer accused of killing the Laquan McDonald, a black 17-year-old. This trial is getting underway just a week after a case in Texas where th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Senate Committee Vents About Hijacking Of Big Tech For Information War

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Top executives from Facebook and Twitter are here in town today with some important meetings. They're going before House and Senate committees on Capitol Hill, and they will be grilled again about what social media companies coul

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ayanna Pressley's Upset Victory Shows Power Of Women Of Color In Democratic Politics

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Congressman Michael Capuano, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has been in office for nearly two decades. He's pretty popular at home, and yet he could not win his primary race yesterday. Ayanna Pressley beat him. It was yet another

美国国家公共电台 NPR Viola Davis Brings A New 'Corduroy' Book To Bear

DAVID GREENE, HOST: I'm David Greene in Culver City, Calif., not far from where I met Viola Davis the other day. The actress was working on her ABC show How To Get Away With Murder. It was an insanely busy day of shooting, and yet she found some time

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings To Focus On 6 Hot-Button Issues

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has begun dramatically. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) AMY KLOBUCHAR: We believe this hearing should be postponed. CHUCK GRASSLEY: I know this is an exciting day for a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grizzlies Have Recovered, Officials Say; Now Montanans Have To Get Along With Them

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, the Trump administration decided to remove Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears. They spent more than four decades on the threatened list, and now the government says they are safe. The Mon

美国国家公共电台 NPR Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors Face Lifelong Financial Burdens

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Being a victim of child sexual abuse can affect a person's entire life from health and relationships to spirituality. And the loss of income can be enormous. We're going to consider those long-term monetary costs by looking at th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rise Of LGBTQ Candidates Could Usher In A 'Rainbow Wave' In 2018

Rise Of LGBTQ Candidates Could Usher In A 'Rainbow Wave' In 2018 DAVID GREENE, HOST: Democrats have a lot of diverse candidates running this year. There's a record number of women, African-Americans and Native Americans running in some high-profile r

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying To 'Let Grow'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There was an age growing up when my mom let me go anywhere on the block by myself so long as I did not cross the street. A bit later, I could ride my bike about as far as I could go. Surely, many kids still grow up that way, but

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Syrian Orphan Alone In Brussels In 'Nowhere Boy'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Nowhere Boy is a young adult novel about Ahmed, a Syrian refugee whose father dies on the journey to Europe. Ahmed and his father were originally trying to get to England, but now, as an orphan alone in Brussels, that dream fades.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Analysts Predict Health Care Marketplace Premiums Will Stabilize In 2019

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, consumers who buy their insurance through the Affordable Care Act markets might be pleasantly surprised about their premium costs come this fall. The price of premiums could actually drop in several states, as NPR's Ali

美国国家公共电台 NPR A High School Reunion Reveals: When Steel Mills Fell Silent, Fates Got Flipped

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There is a big divide between older Americans who are ready for retirement and those who don't quite have the money. Our colleague Marilyn Geewax retired from her post as an NPR business editor, and then she attended her 45th hig

美国国家公共电台 NPR Florida Election Is Latest Target Of White Supremacist Robocalls

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Florida gubernatorial election has started out with issues of race at the center. The morning after the primary last week, Republican nominee Ron DeSantis told voters not to monkey up the state by electing his Democratic oppo

美国国家公共电台 NPR A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Halloween is near, so how about a spooky story about a violin? (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: This piece of music is from the 1930s. It's called Hobgoblin or The Witch Of Harlem. It was written by a pretty unknown composer named Audre

美国国家公共电台 NPR Devin Nunes' Re-Election Tests Whether All Politics Are Now National

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We go next to California's Central Valley. It's an agricultural region, the source of half the fruit, nuts and vegetables eaten in America, and also home to Congressman Devin Nunes. But ag policy is not what drives his national p

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Rural Americans say drug abuse and addiction, including opioid addiction, are the most urgent health problems facing their communities. That's according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harva

美国国家公共电台 NPR Coastal Pacific Oxygen Levels Now Plummet Once A Year

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's not every day that scientists announce a new season. But that's what ocean researchers just did on the west coast. They say waters off Oregon, Washington and California now have a whole season when the oxygen level on