美国国家公共电台 NPR Mister Rogers Talked Frankly With Kids About 'Grown-Up' Issues That Weren't

Mister Rogers Talked Frankly With Kids About 'Grown-Up' Issues That Weren't MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When I was a kid in the '70s and my mom needed a few moments of peace, she would plunk me down in front of the TV, adjust the rabbit ears and turn on

美国国家公共电台 NPR Online Shoppers Say They Rarely Return Purchases. Why?

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now for a story most of us can probably relate to. You buy something online, and then you change your mind. So what to do - keep it, regift, send it back? Well, Americans had interesting things to say about their return habit

美国国家公共电台 NPR Real Estate Jumps In Chinese City Bordering North Korea

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now let's go to one place that will be closely watching this summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. It's a city on China's border with North Korea. If the North opens up, people there are well-positioned to b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Candace Bushnell Discusses 20 Years Of 'Sex And The City'

(SOUNDBITE OF DOUGLAS CUOMO'S SEX AND THE CITY THEME) MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: For me and maybe many of you out there, this music takes me straight to New York City in the late-'90's and a foursome of Manolo-wearing, cosmopolitan-swilling friends. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR As U.S. Flexes Its Muscles On Trade, Other Countries Are Beginning To Push Back

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now, as we just heard, the G-7 summit comes as President Trump has been pressuring other countries to make big trade concessions. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports, the resistance he's encountering underscores how isolated the U.S

美国国家公共电台 NPR Inside The Trial Of 3 Guatemalan Mothers Separated From Their Children

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This next story takes us along the U.S.-Mexico border. In courthouses there, immigrant parents who crossed illegally with their children face a harsh reality. They'll no longer be allowed to stay together as a family. The parents

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'It's A Huge Loss': Friend Mourns Anthony Bourdain

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This morning we report on the death of a man who bounded across television screens filled with life. Anthony Bourdain has died. He took his own life, we're told, while in France recording an episode of his CNN program Parts Unkno

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Signals Possible Support For Bipartisan Marijuana Legislation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump said today that he is likely to support a bipartisan bill that would change federal law to make it easier for states to legalize marijuana. That's in contrast to the position of his attorney general Jeff Sessions at

美国国家公共电台 NPR On Trade, Trump Administration Likes to Leave Other Countries Guessing

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. European, Canadian and Mexican officials are promising to retaliate in response to steel and aluminum tariffs that the Trump administration imposed today. These tariffs were first announced by the president in early Mar

美国国家公共电台 NPR Protesters Across The U.S. Decry Policy Of Separating Immigrant Families

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Protesters are gathering in more than two dozen cities across the country to condemn the practice of separating immigrant parents and children at the southern border. At least 600 children were taken from their parents last month

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Israel, A Hit TV Thriller Of War's Chaos — And Its Domestic Cost

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: An Israeli television series with an Arabic name that shows Israelis and Palestinians plotting against each other and themselves has become a fan favorite in 190 countries around the world, including Israel and many Arab states. Fa

美国国家公共电台 NPR President Trump: Summit With Kim Jong Un Is On For June 12

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: President Trump's nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is officially back on. The two are expected to meet in Singapore in less than two weeks, the same date they had originally agreed to. They'll be talking ab

美国国家公共电台 NPR More Vets Who Are Coping With PTSD From Sexual Assaults Get Honorable Discharges

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sexual assault is still a major issue for the U.S. military. Reports rose 10 percent last year though there is some discussion about whether that's an increase in the number of assaults or increased willingness of troops to report

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Busboy Who Cradled A Dying RFK Recalls Those Final Moments

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: In StoryCorps this morning, we are looking back 50 years. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was running for president and had just won the California primary when he was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel here in Lo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Arquette: After Rejecting Weinstein, 'I Had A Completely Different Career'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In New York yesterday, a grand jury indicted Harvey Weinstein on charges of first- and third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sex act. This is the latest twist in the downfall of a man who once towered over Hollywood a

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Spies Have A Leading Role In The North Korea Summit

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. So we are not sure yet whether President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are going to actually meet, but U.S. and Korean spy chiefs are set to have more face time today. And they have been playing leading role

美国国家公共电台 NPR Advice For 'Grown-Ups' In Their 40s: 'Just Do What You Want More Often'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: You know you're in your 40s when you become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth, you watch The Graduate and you identify with the parents, when you have bought a scale with a bigger digital display so you won

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Raise Awareness For Climate Change, 50-Year-Old Makes Bid To Swim Across Pacific

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's 5,700 miles to cross the Pacific Ocean. And a 50-year-old French swimmer is aiming to be the first person to swim the whole way. This Tuesday, Ben Lecomte will start the journey from a beach in Choshi, Japan and try to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jordan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests Against Austerity

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now to Jordan. Today the prime minister resigned, pressured by the biggest nationwide protests the country has seen in years. NPR's Jane Arraf sent this report from the Jordanian capital, Amman. (CHANTING) JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Jorda

美国国家公共电台 NPR One Woman's Facebook Success Story: A Support Group For 1.7 Million

NOEL KING, HOST: All right, this next one is a question for the ages - or at the very least, for our age. Does social media make us more connected or does it make us lonelier? For now, we do not know. The science isn't conclusive, but there are a lot