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  • Establishing humanitarian corridors out of Ukraine is a top priority
    NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jaime Nadal about the humanitarian effects of Russia's war on Ukraine. Nadal is the representative to Ukraine at the United Nations Population Fund.
  • Hijacked Driver Helped Police Track Boston Bombing Suspects
    A 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur tells The Boston Globe his harrowing story of a 90-minute ordeal at gunpoint by suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
  • More Than 400 Held in FBI Mortgage Sweep
    The FBI says it has arrested more than 400 people in the last three months on charges related to mortgage fraud. Agents have arrested real estate agents and others. On Thursday, the FBI arrested two Bear Stearns investment fund managers. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and Michelle Norris discuss the arrests.
  • US Senators Richard Burr (left) and Thom Tillis (right)
    NC Senate Delegation Tops List Of NRA Political Spending
    Gun rights vs. gun control. This has become a perennial debate in modern America. After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, it's a debate that again may...
  • 'An Arm and a Leg" podcast explores the cost of health care in the U.S.
  • Bob Mondello's Top Films for 2005
    Despite penguins, lions and gorillas battling for Hollywood supremacy, 2005 will go down as a box office disappointment. But NPR critic Bob Mondello says the year's films were high on quality.
  • Cities Race To The Top Of The Ferris Wheel
    Las Vegas is set to claim the title of city with the largest Ferris wheel, but not for long. New York City plans for a taller wheel, and rumors swirl that Dubai may top even that. Host Scott Simon talks to John Russick, director of Curatorial Affairs at the Chicago History Museum, about the first ever Ferris wheel, which debuted at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.
  • Shots Still Reverberate For Survivors Of Kent State
    It was 40 years ago Tuesday that the Kent State University shootings -- which killed four people and wounded nine others -- stunned the nation. For many there on May 4, 1970, it was a life-changing event. But students on the Kent campus today say it had little bearing on their choice of college.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rips a copy of President Trump's speech after he delivered the State of the Union address at the Capitol on Tuesday.
    6 Surprising And Emotional Moments From Trump's State Of The Union Address
    President Trump stunned lawmakers and guests in the House chamber when he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in the middle of his prime-time speech.
  • Chicago Searches For New Top Cop
    Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.
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