美国国家公共电台 NPR Open Scientific Collaboration May Be Helping North Korea Cheat Nuclear Sanctions

NOEL KING, HOST: North Korea is subject to some of the strictest sanctions on the planet. The Trump administration is depending on that pressure to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but new research shows the North is getting around s

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Jennifer Lopez Fought For Her 'Second Act'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Later this month, Jennifer Lopez is out with a new movie, the latest entry in her long career. Altogether, J.Lo has been in more than 30 films. She has had top 10 singles. She's been on hit TV shows. She's even launched a top

美国国家公共电台 NPR Aquaman, From Super Friend To Surfer Dude: The Bro-Ification Of A Hero

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Who is Aquaman? Well, the answer is more complicated than you might think. He is the star of a blockbuster film opening this week. But for most of his life, Aquaman has been strictly a D-list superhero, a benchwarmer, an also

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Dakota Winters,' Finding A New Story To Tell About John Lennon

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Dakota Winters isn't a novel set on frozen prairies but in the rarified precincts of maybe the most famous apartment house in New York, the Dakota on the Upper West Side, the place in which luminaries lived and, perhaps the mos

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Capernaum,' The Chaos Of Lebanon From A Homeless Child's Perspective

In 'Capernaum,' The Chaos Of Lebanon From A Homeless Child's Perspective LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: OK. This is the time of year when film critics announce their best of lists. Among the Hollywood titles, there is one film from the Middle East that r

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Black Love In All Its Different Ways': Regina King On Her 'Beale Street' Role

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, we're going to talk about a new film that brings the searing social commentary of James Baldwin to the screen. It's called If Beale Street Could Talk, and it's based on Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name. It

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alaska Fishermen Hauling A Bigger Catch With Gear They Get To Use For The First Time

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Alaska's halibut and black cod fishermen are in a food fight with killer whales. But some fishermen are now using a new piece of gear that prevents the whales from stealing their catch. From member station KBBI in Homer, Al

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: What The Death Of A 7-Year-Old Migrant Says About This Country

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I do not doubt that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did all they could to try to save the life of Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala who died in their custody. The little girl and her father were among

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lin-Manuel Miranda On 'Mary Poppins Returns' And Writing His Way Onstage

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSICAL, HAMILTON) AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Create and star in a blockbuster hip-hop musical, and you get to do pretty much anything you want. For Lin-Manuel Miranda, that means taking a role in the sequel to a Disney classic. (SOUNDBITE OF

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Boy Grows Up Fast On The Streets Of Beirut In The Dickensian 'Capernaum'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A little boy takes his parents to court in the new film Capernaum. In Lebanon, that title means chaos, and critic Bob Mondello says that's an accurate description of the world the boy lives in. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Zain is skinny,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Defeated In Court, Education Dept. To Cancel $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today the U.S. Department of Education is emailing about 15,000 people telling them their student loans are forgiven. And all the loans amount to $150 million. The reason for the forgiveness is in part due to a judge's order. NPR's

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Help The Homeless, Some In LA Are Giving Them A Place To Stay

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When you drive around LA, it's impossible to miss the problem of homelessness. LA County has about 53,000 homeless people. That's more than any other metropolitan area in the U.S. besides New York City. ANNA SCOTT, BYLINE: So you s

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'It's Preventable': Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today marks a dark day in American history. It has been six years since 26 children and educators were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The gunman later killed himself. Now a group of Sandy Hook par

美国国家公共电台 NPR Puerto Ricans Angry Over Impending Ban On Cockfighting

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Puerto Rico, cockfighting has been a tradition for centuries. Now it's on the brink of being declared illegal. The farm bill, passed by the U.S. Congress and sent to the president's desk earlier this week, includes a provision

美国国家公共电台 NPR Philippines Duterte Praises 'Generous' Americans For Returning Church Bells

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte, often a harsh critic of the United States, praised Americans today as generous for returning church bells stripped by U.S. forces in 1901. The town of Balangiga celebrated