Families Near The Huge Gas Leak Wonder: Is Home A Safe Place To Be?
A major natural gas storage well in Southern California is still leaking, though less so than back in late October, when the giant gas leak was first reported. More than 5,000 families and two schools...
View ArticleWill California Gas Leak Mark A Turning Point In Energy Debate?
A massive gas leak in the Los Angeles area that was first announced in October is still leaking. The company that operates the storage facility where the leak happened says the leak could be capped as...
View ArticleAfter Brief Lockdown At U.S. Capitol, Here's What We Know
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View ArticleGangs Flex Their Muscle On Violent Streets Of El Salvador
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View Article'High Highs And Deep Lows': 5 Days With Doctors Without Borders In South Sudan
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View ArticleAmeera, A 6-Year-Old Afghan, Prepares To Walk Out Of U.S. Military Hospital
Earlier this year, a 6-year-old girl was shot and badly wounded during a firefight between U.S. and Afghan forces and the Taliban. Her father, a Taliban fighter, her mother and some siblings were all...
View ArticleEddie Izzard: Coming Out Gave Me The Confidence For Everything Else
Before we can talk about Eddie Izzard's new memoir, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens , we have to talk about the jazz chickens. Because of course, cows go "moo," sheep go "baa,"...
View ArticleFormer New Mexico Governor Discusses His Role In Otto Warmbier Negotiations
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Hamilton County Coroner's Office in Cincinnati is investigating the death of Otto Warmbier. A public funeral is planned for Thursday. The...
View ArticleBefore Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A...
This story includes content some readers may find disturbing. Who killed Sister Cathy Cesnik? The Baltimore nun and school teacher was murdered in 1969, and in the Netflix documentary series The...
View Article'GLOW' Co-Creators Explain Why Wrestling Is Like Greek Theater
If you ask Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, wrestling was just better in the 1980s: They say it was less slick, less violent, more fun — even silly. There were easier entry points, too. "Liz and I will...
View Article'You're Never Too Old To Screw Up': Keegan-Michael Key On 'Friends From College'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkAK9QRe4ds You might remember Keegan-Michael Key as the fast-talking, quick-moving comedian on the award-winning Comedy Central sketch show Key and Peele . The show...
View ArticleThis 10-Pound Keyboard From The 1980s Is Making A Comeback
Only a well-trained ear might be able to hear the difference between a generic keyboard and the IBM Model F keyboard that was popular in the 1980s. The Model F is considered by many people to be the...
View ArticleWho's The True Boss Of Snopes? Legal Fight Puts Fact-Check Site At Risk
You may have read that Bigfoot was found dead on a lake shore in New Mexico this summer. He wasn't. You can learn about that hoax here from the myth-busting and fact-checking site Snopes. You may have...
View ArticleU.K. Bans Gas And Diesel Cars Starting 2040: Electric Cars Are The Future
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Leaders in the U.K. want to make it illegal to drive a car with a gasoline or diesel engine. Britain's environmental secretary says the...
View ArticleSessions Has Long Shown Unwavering Support For Trump
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The relationship between President Trump and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is not getting any better. In an interview with The New...
View ArticleMuslims In The U.S. Face Increased Discrimination, PEW Report Says
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are an estimated 3.3 million Muslims in the United States, and that number is growing. Today the Pew Research Center released a...
View ArticleOn 'The Autobiography,' Vic Mensa Faces His Personal Demons And Emerges Stronger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJi9yg0VCQ Vic Mensa has many tattoos, but there's one that is particularly striking: the phrase "still alive," emblazoned on his stomach. One of the stories behind...
View ArticleAmplified And Orbital: Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme On Living In The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwNSU5NikU The past few years have been all over the map for Josh Homme. There has been cause for celebration: The frontman and founder of Queens of the Stone Age...
View Article'This Is Their Film': Angelina Jolie Tells A Story Of Khmer Rouge Survival
The film First They Killed My Father begins in 1975 Cambodia, during the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The hard-line communist regime aimed to deport an entire nation into the countryside and form an...
View Article'The Apprentice' Creators Look Back
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Donald Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" first aired in 2004. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE APPRENTICE") PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: My...
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