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Democrats Call For Justice Kavanaugh's Impeachment Over New Sexual Assault Allegations

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

President Trump tweeted Monday about the allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The New York Times published an account of alleged abuse, which prompted some Democrats to again call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment.

Meet Allie, One Of The Growing Number Of People Not Having Kids Because Of Climate Change

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

This story is part of “Covering Climate Now,” a week-long global initiative of over 250 news outlets.

Scrolling online to procrastinate sleeping, Allie Seroussi stumbled upon an article her mom’s friend shared on Facebook from a series in The New York Times Magazine called “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change.”

“My entire body went cold when I read it,” she says.

What California's Labor Law Means For The Gig Economy

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

California’s recently passed bill requiring Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees has big implications for other companies and the larger gig economy.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley speaks with Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), senior editor at The Atlantic.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

In Colorado, Women Cast An Eye On Fly Fishing

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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Tracking The ‘Migrant Journey' From Honduras To Maine

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk deployed correspondents across North and Central America to document key stops along a migrant’s journey to the United States.

The seven-part series began in Honduras and ended up near the Canadian border.

In 'Wildhood,' Scientists See Similarities In Adolescent Humans And Other Animals

By • Sep 16, 2019

Do you worry over a young-adult family member, just out of college or in between jobs, who has moved back home? Or a teenager who faces bullying at school?

In Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers invite you to find wisdom in the ways that penguins, hyenas, whales, wolves and other animals experience adolescence.

Taliban Lift Ban On Red Cross, Pledge To Protect Aid Workers In Afghanistan

By • Sep 16, 2019

The Taliban are rescinding a 5-month-old ban that prevented staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in Afghanistan, saying they also will renew security guarantees for the aid workers.

The new arrangement was worked out during talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, according to representatives from both the Taliban and the Red Cross.

Impact Of Drone Attack On Saudi Oil Facility Is Huge, Ross Says

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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Crime Victims' Families Offer Rewards For Information

By • Sep 16, 2019

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Remember those old wanted posters on TV westerns offering rewards for turning in someone wanted by the police? Well, now some families of crime victims are making their own wanted posters, offering to pay the rewards themselves. NPR's Cheryl Corley has the story.

United Auto Workers Go On Strike Against General Motors

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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3 Crackling Young Adult Reads To Welcome Fall

By • Sep 16, 2019

In Akwaeke Emezi's Pet, angels have rid the city of Lucille of all its monsters. That's what Jam has been taught, and she has no reason to doubt it, as she lives a happy life surrounded by her loving parents and her best friend, Redemption. No reason, until a strange and frightening creature crawls out of one of her mother's paintings, intent on hunt down a monster hiding in their midst. The creature is called Pet, and it tells Jam that her duty is to help search out the evil that has taken root in Redemption's house.

New Zealand Man Brings Clown To Meeting For Emotional Support

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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Functional Gold Toilet Worth About $1 Million Is Stolen In England

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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Drone Attacks On Saudi Arabia Oil Plants Hit World's Energy Supply, U.S. Says

By • Sep 16, 2019

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Protesters Turn Out In Hong Kong For 15th Straight Weekend

By • Sep 16, 2019

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NPR Shopping Cart Economics: How Prices Changed At A Walmart In 1 Year

By & • Sep 16, 2019

Shoppers beware. That warning has come from economists ever since the trade war with China began last year. Eventually, they said, the fight between the two economic superpowers will hit regular Americans with higher prices at the cash register. The tariffs will bite.

Already some things are costing more. But the impact of the tariffs is uneven.

Why Zimbabwe Is Again In A Deep Economic Crisis

By • Sep 16, 2019

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Maker Of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Files For Bankruptcy Protections

By editor • Sep 16, 2019

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Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities Makes Oil Prices Spike

By • Sep 16, 2019

Updated at 5:22 p.m. ET

The price of oil saw a massive price spike Monday following what are believed to be drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities over the weekend that has shut off more than half of the kingdom's daily exports, or about 5% of the world's crude production.

Benchmark Brent crude briefly surged almost 20% in early trading before settling closer to 10%, up $6 to $66.28 per barrel. It rose again in the early afternoon, topping $70 for an increase of some 15%. The U.S. benchmark West Texas crude rose more than 10%.

Show 373 San Marcos TX

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

This week's special episode of From the Top with guest host and concert pianist Simone Dinnerstein puts the spotlight on the piano in all its splendid configurations.

Ric Ocasek, Frontman Of The Cars, Has Died

By • Sep 15, 2019

Updated at 8:15 p.m. Monday

Ric Ocasek, leader of the Boston-based rock band The Cars and an influential music producer, has died, a New York Police Department spokesman confirmed to NPR. He was found unconscious Sunday afternoon at his townhouse in Manhattan. (There is some confusion about Ocasek's exact age: The NYPD said that he was 75; public records list his age as 70.)

Country's New Supergroup 'The Highwomen' Unite To Make Way For Unsung Female Artists

By & • Sep 15, 2019

Country music has a gender problem. Women only make up 16% of country artists, and even fewer are songwriters.

When women do break into the mainstream — the likes of Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves — they're often young. The average age of the genre's top female artists is 29 years old.

Book: 'What Is A Girl Worth?'

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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Virginia Seminary President On Reparations Fund: 'Apology Is Insufficient'

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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Liberty University Students React To Falwell Scandal

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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Sen. Tim Kaine: 'I Strongly Support' Ban On Flavored E-Cigarettes

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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Israel's Netanyahu Fights To Survive Election

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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United Auto Workers Votes For Nationwide Strike Against GM

By editor • Sep 15, 2019

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Iran Denies It Is Behind Attacks On Oil Plants In Saudi Arabia

By • Sep 15, 2019

Updated at 11:30 p.m. ET

Iran says it is not behind Saturday's attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia, denying accusations from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Tehran was responsible for "an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply."

Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, said in a tweet on Sunday that Pompeo was turning from "max pressure" to "max deceit."

UAW Votes To Strike

By • Sep 15, 2019

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