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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Recent Hollywood productions like The Mummy, Ready Player One and Transformers: The Last Knight have done better box office in China than the U.S. That's part of the reason Asian-American actors are starting to land more leading ro

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: An Act Of Bravery At The World Cup

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There was a conspicuous act of bravery in this week's World Cup championship game. The French team, which won 4-2, was bold and deft. Many of their players are immigrants, or children of immigrants, from Africa. Their victory was a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack

Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Music and politics have always been intertwined, whether the song is Yankee Doodle or A Change Is Gonna Come. This week, I've been reporting on a political transformation in Zimbabwe. Rober

美国国家公共电台 NPR Doctoral Student Compiles Database Of Indigenous Women Who've Gone Missing

Doctoral Student Compiles Database Of Indigenous Women Who've Gone Missing SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As many as 300 Indigenous women go missing under suspicious circumstances every year in Canada and the U.S. We don't know the exact number because no one ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Branson Mayor Karen Best Reacts To Tragic Duck Boat Accident

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're going to turn now to Branson, Mo., where 17 people were killed when a tourist duck boat capsized in a lake during sudden foul weather. Nine of the people killed were members of the same family, the Coleman family of Indiana.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beowulf In The Suburbs? 'The Mere Wife' Is An Epic Retelling

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Let's talk about Beowulf. It's possibly the classic Anglo-Saxon text, a thousand-year-old epic poem written about the quintessential hero - a mighty warrior who defeats the monster Grendel, his mother - a sea witch - and eventual

美国国家公共电台 NPR Russia Says Agreements Were Discussed With Trump On Syria. The U.S. Is Silent

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The White House says President Trump is inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this fall. Well, before then, there are mixed messages to clear up. Russian officials say Trump and Putin agreed in Helsinki to w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Defends Campus Sexual Assault Rules

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Trump administration lawyers are defending their new rules on how campuses should handle cases of sexual assault. Survivors advocates have filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the guidance that replaced Obama-era rules now discrim

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is Trump The Toughest Ever On Russia?

NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump has invited Russia's President Vladimir Putin to come to Washington this fall to continue the talks they started in Helsinki this week. It's another sign of Trump's efforts to build closer ties with Moscow, even thoug

美国国家公共电台 NPR Doctors Raise Alarm About Shortages Of Pain Medications

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we are learning more this morning about an opioid crisis different from the one we usually cover. This one is playing out in hospitals around the country. Anesthesiologists and other doctors are facing shortages of injectable

美国国家公共电台 NPR Week Of Trump Reversals Puts 2018 Election Security In The Spotlight

NOEL KING, HOST: The midterm elections are four months away. And there are real concerns about election interference. Yesterday, at the Aspen Security Forum, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats talked about the threat that Russia poses. (SOUN

美国国家公共电台 NPR News Brief: Trump Invites Putin To Washington, Comic-Con Preview

DAVID GREENE, HOST: It was a pretty riveting final act to a head-spinning week. Three of the Trump administration's most senior officials separately and publicly outlined concerns or actions that diverged from their boss. NOEL KING, HOST: Yep. And th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Brady Bunch House Goes On The Market For $1.88 Million

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The perfect home for a perfect television family is for sale. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE BRADY BUNCH THEME SONG) UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Here's the story of a lovely lady... SHAPIRO: Yes, The Brady Bunch house is on the market

美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Whistleblowers 10 Times More Likely Than Peers To Receive Disciplinary Action

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Whistleblowers at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are feeling some sense of vindication because the Government Accountability Office is saying what they have said for years. Many of those who speak up about mismanagement,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democratic Senators Slam Trump's Pick To Run Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Elizabeth Warren and other Senate Democrats fired tough questions today at President Trump's nominee to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Financial industry groups and Republicans are backing Kathy Kraninger's nom

美国国家公共电台 NPR From California, A Saudi Woman Fights Her Country's Strict Male Guardianship Laws

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Saudi Arabia started allowing women to drive last month. It also detained women who advocated for the right to drive. These mixed signals are being followed closely by a Saudi woman in California who has a lot at stake. She's speak

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Seventh Day, They Played Soccer

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Director Jim McKay's films pay close attention to the lives of marginalized New Yorkers - workers at a restaurant that's about to close, young people of color coming of age and, with his most recent film, undocumented Mexican immig

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judge Orders Maria Butina, Linked To Russian Spy Agency, Jailed Ahead Of Trial

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Maria Butina made her first appearance in federal court today. She was arrested on Sunday and accused of conspiring to act as a Russian agent inside the U.S. Prosecutors say her goal was to get American policymakers to act more fav

美国国家公共电台 NPR Investigation: Patients' Drug Options Under Medicaid Heavily Influenced By Drugmakers

NOEL KING, HOST: We have a story now about something called the preferred drug list. It's a powerful tool that states use to try to control spending on prescription drugs in their Medicaid programs. Now, the Center for Public Integrity and NPR conduc

美国国家公共电台 NPR Empowering Kids In An Anxious World

NOEL KING, HOST: Rates of anxiety and depression have been rising for years, and experts say, grown-ups, you guys are part of the problem. But here's NPR's Cory Turner with some good news. CORY TURNER, BYLINE: Grown-ups can be part of the solution, t