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SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: President Trump also is setting up a commission on school safety. He's asked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to lead it. It will look at everything from arming teachers to age restrictions on gun purchases to video game violence

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. If you haven't been an avid exerciser, never fear. It's not too late, necessarily. A recent study shows that if you take up routine exercises even in late middle age, you can actually reverse some of the damage that a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Moves To Reshape Who Qualifies For Asylum

NOEL KING, HOST: Here at home, the Trump administration is moving to limit who gets asylum in the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is using his authority to reshape the law on who qualifies for asylum. Advocates for immigrants' rights warn that th

美国国家公共电台 NPR French Fashion Designer Givenchy Dies At 91

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the fashion world's most famous designers has died. Hubert de Givenchy styled some of the world's most fashionable women, icons like Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy and Princess Grace of Monaco. NPR's Paris correspondent El

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Junot Diaz's 'Islandborn,' A Curious Child Re-Creates Her Dominican Roots

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The writer Junot Diaz wanted to publish a children's book for more than 20 years. In the meantime, he stayed busy. He wrote several grown-up books, including The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, which won a Pulitzer Prize. He al

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Plan To Secure Schools Calls For Arming Teachers, Improving Background Checks

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Gun Owners Grapple With Shifting Conversations Around Firearms

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Storm Reid Says Making 'A Wrinkle In Time' Was 'A Dream Come True'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The film A Wrinkle In Time has some of Hollywood's biggest stars - Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon and more. Their stories all revolve around the central character who's played by a 14-year-old actress named Storm Reid

美国国家公共电台 NPR 20 Years On, 'The Big Lebowski' Reminds Us To Slow Down, Dude

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美国国家公共电台 NPR One Final Road Trip Takes A 'Census' Of The Hurt In The World

DON GONYEA, HOST: Jesse Ball is one of America's most accomplished writers. He's published volumes of poetry, short stories and novels. His latest is a novel called Census. It's about a man, a widower, who learns he doesn't have long to live. And he

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Children Of Blood And Bone' Tackles Heavy Themes In A Magical World

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a new book out called Children Of Blood And Bone. It's a big, heavy book that tackles big, heavy themes - police killings of unarmed black men, the politics of black hair, even death. It's also a young adult fantasy book wi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why The Revival Of 'American Idol' Might Just Work

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind Of Medical Care Do Inmates Deserve?

DON GONYEA, HOST: Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is known for extremes. It's an enormous, maximum-security prison. And it's so remote most of the medical needs of the prisoners are met right at the prison. But according to some inmat

美国国家公共电台 NPR Too Many Candidates? Democrats Grapple With Oversupply In Southern California

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a lot of Democratic enthusiasm about this year's elections, and that means a lot of Democrats running for Congress across the country. But in Southern California, the party may have too much of a good thing. NPR's Scott D

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Mommy, You Can Do That': Navigating Work-Life Balance Thousands Of Miles From Home

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig first met in the middle of an ice sheet in Greenland. They are scientists, and their work takes them to the most remote parts of the world. They spe

美国国家公共电台 NPR Conn. Governor Defends Likening The NRA To 'A Terrorist Organization'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Guns and gun safety are very much in the news again this week. This morning, the Justice Department moved forward with a process to ban bump stocks. That's the accessory that enables guns to fire like automatic weapons. Yesterday

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Leader For Ireland's Sinn Fein, But Will It Be A New Era?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's a new era for Sinn Fein. That's the political party that has fought for a united, independent Ireland. Sinn Fein had close ties to the Irish Republican Army during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland known as the T

美国国家公共电台 NPR States Seek More Federal Funding For Opioid Treatment, Not More Promises

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is going to try to refocus on opioids today. He's gathering Cabinet members, health experts and advocates for what's being billed as a White House summit on the opioid crisis. President Trump declared opioids a pu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Parkland Shooting Suspect: A Story Of Red Flags, Ignored

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: It's become increasingly clear that Nikolas Cruz, the young man who confessed to the high school shooting, was deeply troubled. Family, friends, neighbors all worried about him. So did social workers, teachers and sheriff's deputie

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Foxtrot,' A Filmmaker Captures The 'Bleeding Soul Of Israeli Society'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Foxtrot is Israel's most celebrated film of the year and perhaps its most controversial. It opens in theaters in the United States this weekend and tells the story of one family trying to grapple with the loss of their son at war.