美国国家公共电台 NPR LA Is Grim, And Nicole Kidman Is Grizzled, In 'Destroyer'

NOEL KING, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Noel King. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Nicole Kidman has been pretty busy. She is currently starring in three movies, as the queen of Atlantis in Aquaman, as a supportive mothe

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Other Options Fail, A Family Tries Medical Marijuana For Son With Autism

NOEL KING, HOST: All right. Here in the U.S., a small but growing number of states are allowing medical marijuana to treat severe forms of autism. That's raised the hopes of some parents whose kids are autistic, but there's not a lot of science about

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Policy Knot Leaves Oklahomans From Marshall Islands Struggling To Get Health Care

NOEL KING, HOST: In the town of Enid, Okla., there's a tight-knit community of immigrants from the Marshall Islands. After World War II and up until the 1980s, their homeland in the South Pacific was a U.S.-administered territory. And for over a deca

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Evangelicals, A Year Of Reckoning On Sexual Sin And Support For Donald Trump

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Evangelical Christians are among those who've been forced to address sexual misconduct this year. They regard infidelity as an especially serious sin. The president that they broadly support is accused of covering up extramar

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Twist On The 'Santaland Diaries' Tradition

NOEL KING, HOST: If you think you're stressed out during the holidays, try being one of Santa's little helpers. Before he became a bestselling writer and humorist, David Sedaris worked as a department store elf. Turns out good tidings of comfort and

美国国家公共电台 NPR For The Catholic Church, A Year Of Unending Clergy Abuse Revelations

NOEL KING, HOST: Here in the U.S., the Catholic Church has been in turmoil. In Pennsylvania, a grand jury report released this summer laid out decades of misconduct and cover-ups. More than 300 priests across the state were implicated. Despite all of

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'On The Basis Of Sex' And 'Vice': 2 Biopics — 1 Bathed In Light, 1 Steeped In Shadow

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Two films opened today with titles that make them sound a lot sexier than they are. One is called Vice and the other On The Basis Of Sex. What they are is biopics about a conservative vice president and a liberal Supreme Court just

美国国家公共电台 NPR Aaron Sorkin Brings 'To Kill A Mockingbird' To The Broadway Stage

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When Aaron Sorkin first sat down to write a stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel To Kill A Mockingbird - didn't go well. AARON SORKIN: My first draft of To Kill A Mockingbird was terrible. Really, the best thing that you could

美国国家公共电台 NPR At The End Of The Year, N.K. Jemisin Ponders The End Of The World

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In late December, we sometimes talk to people who've had a very big year. Well, science-fiction author N.K. Jemisin has had a very big three years. In 2016, she became the first African-American writer to win the Hugo Award for bes

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chef Dominique Crenn: 'Everything I Do Could Have ... Impact' For Other Women

DAVID GREENE, HOST: I was on assignment in San Francisco recently, and it involved some food tasting. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: So this is Chef Crenn's brioche served with a little bit of cultured butter and sea salt. It's her grandmother's recipe. What's

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Japanese-Americans Wrongfully Imprisoned During WWII Oppose Census Question

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a legal battle growing over a controversial new question on the 2020 census. It asks, is this person a citizen of the United States? A ruling in one of the lawsuits over the question is expected soon from a federal judge in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Patients Are Turning To GoFundMe To Fill Health Insurance Gaps

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: According to GoFundMe, 1 of every 3 of its online campaigns is now related to medical expenses. Some appeals are for people who say they don't have health insurance. Others say they have big bills left over after insurance or

美国国家公共电台 NPR Financially Struggling Government Workers Are Caught Up In Shutdown

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are now into day seven of a partial shutdown of the federal government. Government employees are still getting paid for work they did before the shutdown, but the checks will soon be stopping. Among the 800,000 people to be aff

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Fierce Female Characters Of Film In 2018

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Strong female characters seem to have had a pretty good year in Hollywood. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BLACK PANTHER) DANAI GURIRA: (As Okoye) Drop your weapon. SHAPIRO: Black Panther had several, Danai Gurira's war general for one. (SOUND

美国国家公共电台 NPR Meet The Couple Behind A New Year's Eve 'Possum Drop' In Georgia

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NOEL KING, HOST: It is Friday, and that means it's time for StoryCorps. So Times Square is one option for New Year's Eve - if you like crowds. There's also some action in Tallapoosa, Ga., home of the New Year's Eve possum drop. I

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Orphanage In Honduras Puts Love At The Top Of Its Priority List

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's go now to the Honduran city of Tela, where it is a big day for Naomi Rodriguez (ph). The 15-year-old is competing in a pageant at school. She's chosen two outfits for the contest. But first, she's helping to make breakfast.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Senate Votes To End U.S. Support For War In Yemen, Rebuking Trump And Saudi Arabia

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Senate is expected today to pass a resolution demanding the U.S. end its support for Saudi Arabia's ongoing war in Yemen. The bipartisan effort is being viewed as a rebuke to Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration even tho

美国国家公共电台 NPR ACA Sign-Ups Have Lagged For 2019. But What Does That Mean?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for health insurance on the federal government's HealthCare.gov marketplace. So far, people are choosing health plans at a slower pace than in previous years. NPR's Alison Kodjak reports that it

美国国家公共电台 NPR This 'Broken Ornament' Led To Christmas Magic

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Some of the best stories begin at home. That's where Tony DiTerlizzi got the idea for his latest book. The Caldicott-winning author and illustrator perhaps best known for The Spiderwick Chronicles took a big leap into the unknown

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Art Show Doesn't Have Banksy's Blessings — His Fans Don't Seem To Mind

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Miami's annual high-profile art market Art Basel kicks off today. And one of the hottest tickets this year is for a show running in conjunction with the fair. It features 80 works by the artist Banksy. The artist, however, is not h