Search results for

It’s Tuesday, October 20th - A leaked grand jury report put the spotlight on $10 million it says were spent on campaigns against two amendments in 2024. But there are some new developments in the courts. You’ll hear about that, plus the Rays are celebrating after winning the AL pennant, and we have some cool things to check out in the area this week. First up - the local news.

Since the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, school shootings have sparked debates on restrictions on purchasing and owning guns. As University of California - Los Angeles constitutional law professor Adam Winkler explains to NPR's Kelly McEvers, those debates have led to very few new federal laws.

The Biden campaign is running ads in states expected to be competitive this election, targeting Black and Latino voters in particular.

Evening Masterworks: Peter lyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op. 35

Evening Masterworks: Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G Op. 88

Evening Masterworks: Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in d Op. 120

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Jesse Rudoy, director of the documentary "Dusty & Stones," about the African country music duo of the same name.

The United States banned DDT in 1972 and environmental groups are trying to outlaw the pesticide worldwide. But in developing countries, it continues to be a cost-effective way to combat malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people a year in Africa. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports on South Africa's success in controlling the disease.

After running powerful budget committees in the House and Senate and emerging last year from a contentious leadership fight, Stuart Republican Joe Negron…

The last four U.S. presidents have found themselves mired in Afghanistan. The last two saw the war as an unwanted inheritance and an albatross, and they were determined to end the American role.

Satirist David Sedaris first won national recognition for his talent after reading from his "Santaland Diaries" on NPR in 1992. Sedaris is now a best-selling author of satirical and witty books.

No one knows for sure right now how many of the estimated 14 million people who buy their own coverage are getting cancellation notices, but the numbers appear to be big. Some insurers report discontinuing 20 percent of their individual business, while other insurers have notified up to 80 percent of policyholders that they will have to change plans.

Despite deaths and high infection rates, the parts of Ohio where the Amish live have the state's lowest vaccination rates. Most Amish aren't getting vaccinated; the few who do aren't open about it.

A husband and wife from Wisconsin celebrating more than five decades of marriage were killed. A third victim was pronounced dead Friday evening.

Fueling Knowledge is a two-part series from the W-W-N-O and W-R-K-F podcast Sea Change, produced with Floodlight and the Louisiana Illuminator.

Developments in the Ukraine-U.S. relationship have regularly made headline news in Taiwan lately. Many in Taiwan compare Ukraine's fate to its own, as China continues to threaten an invasion.

Medical students in south Alabama are learning about nutrition at a cooking class in hopes they will be able to better talk to patients about what they eat.

Farai Chideya talks to Slate contributor Josh Levin about a recent Saturday Night Live rap parody called "Lazy Sunday" that follows two SNL stars as they wake up late, get cupcakes and go see a movie -- all to a hard-core hip-hop beat. The video has been a popular download on the Web, and Levin says it's evidence the rap music industry may need to re-evaluate its direction...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo about Donald Trump's upcoming hush money trial.

Some Syrians living comfortably in the U.S. are understandably wracked with guilt that they can't do more to help their countrymen. Each has his own way of dealing with the situation. But now that the liberated north is easier to reach, they're starting to come back and many of them visiting parts of the country they've never seen before. We profile a Syrian-American gun enthusiast who's doing his part to arm and train the rebels.

Zuckerberg testified in front of the Senate judiciary and commerce committees Tuesday. A preview of what to expect from his second day of testimony — this time before House panels

Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.

Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.

Scott Simon speaks to Vali Nasr, professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, about the latest moves to save the nuclear deal with Iran.

Two U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly support the lab leak theory — with low-to-moderate confidence. No evidence has been shared. Scientists have strong evidence of animal spillover at a market.