美国国家公共电台 NPR Fire Rips Through South Korean Hospital, Killing Dozens Of Patients

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: News this morning out of South Korea. A fire broke out in a hospital emergency room there and killed at least three dozen people. NPR's Elise Hu has more. ELISE HU, BYLINE: So far, investigators don't know what started the flames

美国国家公共电台 NPR School Shootings Are Sad, But No Longer Surprising

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Bailey Holt and Preston Cope were murdered in their high school this week. They were both 15 years old. But has the news of students being murdered in their school lost the power to shock and sober us? Sixteen students, all between

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'It's Up To All Of Us': Parents Of Young Gymnasts Respond To Nassar Abuse Scandal

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The fallout continues over the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. USA Gymnastics said on Friday that its entire board of directors will resign. More than 150 women have testified that Nassar, former doctor of the U.S. gymnastics team,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We've heard a lot in recent years about the struggles of honeybees, how their numbers are down. So environmentalists have rallied to their aid - even helping people to set up their own beehives. But this bothers a lot of ecologists

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yellowstone Bison Release Launches Criminal Investigation

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Send an alert. Missing - dozens of bison. Last seen together, two holding pens at Yellowstone National Park. Authorities say the animals escaped when someone used bolt cutters to open up a fence. As Yellowstone Public Radio's Nate

美国国家公共电台 NPR After The Vinyl Revival, The Vinyl-Playing Jukebox Is Back

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's no better way to hear your favorite done-me-wrong song then on scratchy vinyl coming out of an old jukebox. Those classic Seeburgs and Wurlitzers have mostly vanished from bars and restaurants. But there's one guy who makes

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Puzzled Teen Seeks Answers And Finds Crosswords In 'Down And Across'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Scott Ferdowsi is 16 years old, hasn't figured out what he wants to do with his life. That worries his Iranian-American parents who believe their son lacks drive - grit - and doesn't take advantage of the opportunities they work so

美国国家公共电台 NPR Same-Sex Couples Sue U.S. Government For Kids' Citizenship

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Two married same-sex couples are suing the U.S. State Department. Each couple has twins, and in each case, the government granted one twin citizenship and denied the other. The couples say it is clear discrimination that would not

美国国家公共电台 NPR Will Work For No Benefits: The Challenges Of Being In The New Contract Workforce

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All this week we're taking a look at the growing significance of freelance work in our economy. Some 32 million Americans now rely on freelance or contract work for their primary income. That's according to an NPR/Marist Poll rel

美国国家公共电台 NPR My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren't My Genes Italian?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Chances are you have seen an ad for a test to find out about your ancestry. Maybe you got a kit for Christmas, and now you're waiting for your results. So what do you need to know when you open these results? Health editor Gisele

美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reflects On The #MeToo Movement: 'It's About Time'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Sundance Film Festival has in some ways become a forum for more than film. This year, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was there promoting a documentary that she's appearing in. But when she spoke to NPR's Nina Toten

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Criminal Cabal'? FBI Fears Political Attacks May Imperil Work Of Field Agents

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So the FBI is this nation's top law enforcement agency. But it has come under attack from President Trump and his allies. And that has current and former FBI officials worrying about the toll this might take on the bureau's abilit

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Refugees Who Don't Want To Go Home ... Yet

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. It seemed like an encouraging moment in one of the world's worst refugee crises. As we've been reporting for months, the Rohingya, a Muslim minority, were driven out of their home country Myanmar. The U.N. and the U.S.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Personalized Diets: Can Your Genes Really Tell You What To Eat?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. So genetic tests can help you explore your heritage, but can your DNA also tell you what diet is best for you? NPR's Allison Aubrey asked that question. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: If you're curious about personalized nutri

美国国家公共电台 NPR As A Massive Garbage Dump Closes In Brazil, Trash-Pickers Face An Uncertain Future

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We turn now to Brazil and its modern capital Brasilia. That city was conceived and planned as a kind of utopia, yet its mastermind, the world-renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, and his fellow planners forgot something critical, whi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sexual Assault Survivor Speaks Out Against Former USA Gymnastics Doctor

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When 33-year-old Rachael Denhollander was a young gymnast suffering from back pain, she went to see Larry Nassar. He was a doctor with Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics. Years later, she became the first person to file

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kicked Out Of Air Force For Being Gay, Helen Grace James Wins Honorable Discharge

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Helen Grace James won her honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force this week at the age of 90. It's a battle she fought for 60 years. Helen Grace James grew up in Pennsylvania where she worked her family's farm and asked her mot

美国国家公共电台 NPR Before 'Roe v. Wade,' The Women of 'Jane' Provided Abortions For The Women Of Chicago

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE) WALTER CRONKITE: Good evening. Tonight - the subject of abortion. The illegal termination of pregnancy has reached epidemic proportions in this country. The conflict between the law and re

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Four Months Without Power, A Puerto Rico Town Strings Its Own Lines

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: It has been four months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. And still, 40 percent of the island's customers are still without power. But as NPR's Adrian Florido reports, some people in one town got so tired of waiting t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Crime Is Down In American Cities, And 'Uneasy Peace' Explains Why

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Violent crime is down in America's big cities. It may not seem so if you watch any CSI, NCIS, Laws Orders (ph) or Chicago P.D. crime dramas. But homicide, assaults and rapes are down a lot in big cities since the 1970s. Even Chicag