Explaining The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Confusion
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: On Monday morning, a couple of people could show up at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - both of them claiming to run it. Richard...
View ArticleRemembering John B. Anderson
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: John B. Anderson was a silver-haired, middle-of-the-road Midwest Republican Congressman of the kind you don't see today. He disliked deficits,...
View ArticleIn A New Novel, The 'Lost Prayers' Of A Gay Teen Bullied To Death
Social media platforms can connect people across the globe — and terrorize people next door. In a new novel, Ricky Graves is a young man coming to terms with his sexual orientation in a small New...
View ArticleThe Foster Care System Is Flooded With Children Of The Opioid Epidemic
The U.S. foster care system is overwhelmed, in part because America's opioid crisis is overwhelming. Thousands of children have had to be taken out of the care of parents or a parent who is addicted....
View ArticleBrowns Parade A 'Perfect Season'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A parade in Cleveland today for the Cleveland Browns to celebrate what they call their perfect season, 0-16 - 16 losses and 0 wins. The Browns...
View ArticleIllinois Attorney General Candidate Robbed
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: By the way, there are eight candidates running for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in Illinois, the highest legal officer in the...
View ArticleCrime Is Down In American Cities, And 'Uneasy Peace' Explains Why
Violent crime is down in America's big cities. It may not seem so if you watch crime dramas like CSI , NCIS or Chicago P.D. , but homicide, assault and rapes have decreased in big cities since the...
View ArticleA School Goes From Andrew Jackson To Mary Jackson
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City will keep its name but change its namesake. Jackson Elementary will no longer be named for Andrew...
View Article10 Years After She Went Missing, A Black Lab Is Returned To Her Owners
A dog named Abby is back from the dead. Abby, a black Lab mix, wandered away from her home in Apollo, Pa., outside Pittsburgh, 10 years ago. Abby's owner, Debra Suierveld, and her children looked for...
View ArticleFrench Police Officer Who Traded Himself For A Hostage Has Died
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A hero died overnight. Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame was 45 years old and a gendarme, a French police officer. Yesterday, a man who said...
View Article'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' Returns From Madness
One spring morning in 2015, Barbara Lipska got up as usual, dyed her hair and went for a jog in her suburban Virginia neighborhood. But when she returned from a much longer than expected run, her...
View ArticleWhy Duke University Won't Honor Freshman Roommate Requests This Fall
Meeting your college roommate used to be one of the anxieties of the first week of school. But these days, many freshmen meet in advance online and arrange to room together. Now, some schools have...
View ArticleAfter Much Anticipation, Royal Wedding Day Arrives
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Maybe you heard - Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle, an American, today inside the grounds of Windsor Castle outside of London. (SOUNDBITE OF...
View ArticleLaura Nyro And The Summer Of 1968
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We all have songs that bring memories. Fifty years ago, Laura Nyro wrote a song that put momentous and terrifying events into words. Martin...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Expert Resigns From NFL Players Association Commission
Deborah Epstein has spent her professional life fighting for victims of domestic violence. But protecting such victims is also what Epstein says led her to step down from a commission meant to tackle...
View ArticleOpinion: An Act Of Bravery At The World Cup
There was a conspicuous act of bravery in the second half of this week's World Cup championship game. The French team, which won 4-2, was bold and deft. Many of its players are immigrants, or children...
View ArticleFormer Presidents Bush and Obama Eulogize John McCain
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View ArticleShadowed By Scandals, Coach Rick Pitino Pens His 'Story'
Rick Pitino has an amazing record in college basketball. He coached three different teams — at Providence College, the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville — to the Final Four of the...
View ArticleThe High Drama Of The Wrigley Rat
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Cheers rolled through Wrigley Field Tuesday night. The Cubs lost that night to the Pittsburgh Pirates, though they've clinched a playoff spot....
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