美国国家公共电台 NPR In Tennessee Senate Race, Democrat Tries To Show He Can Overcome Political Tribalism

In Tennessee Senate Race, Democrat Tries To Show He Can Overcome Political Tribalism AILSA CHANG, HOST: Tennessee has emerged as one of the most surprising Senate battlegrounds this year. Former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen has a chance to flip

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Doctors Struggle With Suicide, Their Profession Often Fails Them

NOEL KING, HOST: There's a myth that doctors are kind of like professional athletes. They can take the long hours and the emotional toll. In fact, doctors are more likely to die by suicide than the rest of us are. Blake Farmer reports on new suicide

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yabbadabba-What? These Aren't The Flintstones You Remember

AILSA CHANG, HOST: One of the freshest reboots in the world of comic books is based on a cartoon that debuted back in the 1960s. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE FLINTSTONES) UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're the modern

美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Strong Economy, Federal Deficit Soars

NOEL KING, HOST: All right. This morning, the Labor Department reported another month of strong job growth. Employers added 157,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9 percent. And of course, we had news last week that the U.S.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Proposed Auto Tariffs Threaten Kia Plant In Georgia

NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump surprised the world this week when he announced a truce on tariffs with Europe. But the administration could still slap Asia-based carmakers with tariffs on imported auto parts and vehicles. Companies like Kia, which

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Captain,' Clothes Make The Man — And The Monster

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: World War II movies often focus on courage under fire and battlefield heroics. But the German film The Captain takes another tack. It's set in the last moments of the Nazi regime's collapse and centers on a German deserter. Criti

美国国家公共电台 NPR DeVos To Make It Tougher For Defrauded Students To Seek Debt Relief

DeVos To Make It Tougher For Defrauded Students To Seek Debt Relief AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It could become harder for students who were victims of fraud to get rid of their debt. That's because of new rules proposed by the Trump administration. It says

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare's 'Flat Fee' Payment Proposal

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today the Trump administration is out with details of another piece of a campaign which is called Patients over Paperwork. Doctors would no longer have to submit detailed notes to justify longer, complicated patient visits, but t

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's not hard to conjure up how difficult life could be for women who work in prisons. Obviously, there are the long hours and the tough conditions. But female prison workers sometimes have to deal with an additional burden. We'r

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grim Realities Meet Magic And Absurdity In 'The Wrong Heaven'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: In the collection of short stories called The Wrong Heaven, grim realities meet magic and absurdity. The stories are all about women wrestling with familiar dilemmas - love, death, friendship, fertility. But these familiar journeys

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 'Babe Ruth' Of Ice Cream Gives The Scoop On His 71-Year Career

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NOEL KING, HOST: OK. It's time now for StoryCorps. Every summer, for generations, the town of Peabody, Mass., has heard the sounds of Yankee Doodle coming from the ice cream truck of Allan Ganz. Over the years, he's watched his c

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Economy Surges To A 4.1 Percent Growth Pace In 2nd Quarter

NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump has been promising that his economic policies are going to launch our economy into overdrive. He's even predicted the country will achieve about twice the growth rate of recent years, up around 4 percent sustained ann

美国国家公共电台 NPR Celestial Lineup Makes For A Very Bright Mars

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: You know it's going to be a good morning when NPR science correspondent Joe Palca is here in the newsroom. Sure enough, as I was doing all this last-minute prep for the show this morning in the wee dark hours, Joe comes into the

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Fast Did The Economy Grow? Forecasts Are All Over The Place

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This coming Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department will release a report card on how the U.S. economy is doing. The second quarter gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of the most anticipated numbers this year. It's going to give

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Dog-Eat-Dog World Of Congress, 2 GOP Lawmakers Spar Over Canine Training Facility

NOEL KING, HOST: In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms runs an academy for dogs. They're trained to detect explosives and chemical accelerants used in arson cases. A powerful senator wants the faci

美国国家公共电台 NPR Parker Posey Writes Her Own Myth In 'You're On An Airplane'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Parker Posey is not the kind of movie star who seems distant and unapproachable. Instead, people shout her most famous lines at her when they pass her on the street. PARKER POSEY: I've gotten air raid for, you know, 25 years. (SOUN

美国国家公共电台 NPR Under Deadline, Government Scrambles To Reunite Migrant Families

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. government is racing to meet today's court-ordered deadline to reunite migrant families. Children were separated from their parents at the border to discourage other illegal crossings. But the federal government has ackn

美国国家公共电台 NPR Marines Who Fired Rocket Launchers Now Worry About Their Brains

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now the story of two Marines whose brains may have been injured by the powerful weapons they once fired. Military scientists are investigating whether the blast waves from these shoulder-fired weapons can damage a shooter's brain.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sharp Increase In Gun Suicides Signals Growing Public Health Crisis

NOEL KING, HOST: All right. Here in the U.S., when we talk about gun violence, we usually talk about homicides. But two-thirds of gun deaths in this country are caused by suicide, by people deliberately harming themselves. As North Country Public Rad

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tronc Slashes 'New York Daily News' Staff By Half

Tronc Slashes 'New York Daily News' Staff By Half NOEL KING, HOST: The newsroom of the New York Daily News is being cut by half. The newspaper Chicago-based publisher Tronc bought the famed New York City tabloid last fall for just a dollar. Now it sa