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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Earlier this year, NASA wrote a little blog post that noted a big change which has gotten some folks pretty stressed out. For those of you out there who pay attention to astrology, NASA has some knowledge to drop on your crystal ball. It seems that when the ancient Babylonians made the Zodiac over ... | If you rely on an insight from your daily horoscopes, you may have been looking at the wrong sign this whole time. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. This happens to many people who get a chance to be on TV. Michelle Obama turned up on the Grammys telecast. And afterwards, she says she received a text message from her mom, who said the former first lady had failed to tell her she'd be on TV. Mrs. Obama said she t... | Former first lady Michelle Obama was on the Grammy Awards over the weekend. Marian Robinson texted her daughter: "I saw it, because (someone else) called me." |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with congratulations to the Maine Moose Festival. They set a world record as more than 1,000 people made moose calls. Let's listen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: One.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Imitating moose).</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Didn't know moose had an air horn - but ... | Congratulations to the Maine Moose Festival. They announced that they had set a world record when more than 1,000 people made moose calls. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Autumn Lampkins was like many new moms. Months after giving birth in 2014, she had to work. She got a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Delaware that required a 10-hour shift. Lampkins needed to pump breast milk, but her employer limited her breaks and eventually dem... | Attorneys for Autumn Lampkins says the Delaware mom wanted time to pump breast milk, but a KFC restaurant limited her breaks and eventually demoted her. She's been awarded $1.5 million. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning, I'm Rachel Martin. Happy Galentine's Day - nope, not Valentine's, Galentine's. It's the holiday invented by Amy Poehler's character on the show "Parks And Rec." And now many people celebrate Galentine's in real life. On February 13, you're supposed to grab brunch with your girlfriends... | Happy Galentines Day! It's the holiday invented by Amy Poehler's character on TV's Parks and Recreation. Many people celebrate Galentines in real life. On Feb. 13, celebrate with your girlfriends. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here on WEEKEND EDITION Sunday, we always like to celebrate. So we're particularly glad you're with us this holiday weekend.</s>BEYONCE: (Singing) May the last one burn into flames.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Nope - not talking about Labor Day.</s>BEYONCE: (Singing) Freedom, freedom, I can't move. Fre... | Today is the Queen's birthday — Queen B, that is. Beyonce's birthday has become a moment of celebration for people across the country, and last night, many people danced the night away. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. A county courthouse in Oklahoma had to be temporarily shut down this week because of bedbugs. And it is clear how they got there. The Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton told NBC2 in Tulsa that a lawyer walked into a courtroom with bedbugs literally falling from his cl... | Someone in a courthouse in Oklahoma noticed bed bugs crawling on one of the lawyers present. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning, I'm David Greene. Isn't it bad enough if your community has to poke fun at itself by planning a Worst Day of the Year Bike Ride? Portland, Ore., holds this annual event in February, when, most years, it is awfully cold and wet. Can't get any worse, right? - well, until the worst day of... | The Oregonian reports that because of bad weather, this Sunday's Worst Day of the Year bike ride will move to Feb. 24, when organizers are promising a better Worst Day ride. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Many viewers called Sunday's Super Bowl dull. The two teams combined for only 16 points, and the Patriots won, as usual. That's unlike last year when the teams combined for 74 points, and the Patriots lost. And now we know this year's TV ratings are down to about 10... | The two teams combined for 16 points, and the Patriots won. That's unlike last year when the teams combined for 74 points, and the Patriots lost. TV ratings were down to about 100 million viewers. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. The partial government shutdown is over for now, but its effects are still felt at Point Reyes National Seashore. Federal workers furloughed included those who would have kept the elephant seals away from a popular beach there. The giant seals overran the California... | The partial government shutdown is over, for now, but its effects are still felt at Point Reyes National Seashore. The workers furloughed included those who would have kept elephant seals away. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported more than $30 billion in revenue last quarter that beat Wall Street expectations. Like Facebook, Google is making a lot of money, regardless of criticism over its privacy policies and its role as a conduit for false information. NPR's Laura Sydell re... | Alphabet, parent company of Google, reported strong revenue in the last quarter — mostly from advertising. Analysts weren't totally satisfied with the results. They say the company is spending more. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A town in Germany voted against progress. Voters do not want their streets named. Hilgermissen was formed from several old villages, and no street has a name. Your home address is just a number plus the name of your old village. Authorities want to change that as th... | Hilgermissen was formed from several old villages, and no street has a name. A home address is a number, plus the name of the old village. As the town grows, officials would like to change that. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. It's common to discover a sinkhole in Florida. What was in this hole is not. Pembroke Pines utility crews responded to a hole in a road, and a worker discovered a power cord in that hole. The FBI determined the sinkhole had exposed a tunnel 2-to-3-feet-wide. The ent... | A utility crew found a power cord in the sink hole, which then led police to investigate an exposed tunnel. The tunnel was pointing toward a bank, in what may have been a planned robbery. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning, I'm Rachel Martin. And I will admit to you, sometimes I procrastinate. It can be especially hard if you're working from home and there's no one there to hold your feet to the fire, which is where this thing called Focusmate comes in. The program pairs you up with another procrastinato... | Focusmate pairs you with another procrastinator for 50-minute "virtual co-working" sessions. While it may sound creepy, the Boston Globe reports some people swear by it. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with a story of a hardcore dog rescue. A woman was running in a marathon in Thailand when she saw runners step over something - a puppy, which seemed lost. She picked it up and carried it all the remaining 19 miles of the marathon. There's video of this. She seems a ... | The woman saw other runners stepping over something. It was a puppy that seemed lost. She picked it up and carried it all the way to the finish line. She has since adopted the dog. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. A 911 dispatcher named Antonia Bundy took a call earlier this month from a boy who sounded frustrated and sad.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I had a really bad day, and I don't know.</s>ANTONIA BUNDY: What happened at school that made you have a bad day?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CH... | Antonia Bundy, a 911 dispatcher, took a call earlier this month from a boy who sounded sad. Bundy wasn't busy so she helped the young caller work through what to him was a math emergency. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Cross Scott did the right thing. He saw a driver in distress, pulled over to help and found the woman had no pulse. But he did not know CPR. Luckily, he did know Season Five of the TV show "The Office." In one episode, employees are told to press a victim's chest in... | Cross Scott didn't know CPR, but he did know Season 5 of The Office. In one episode, employees are told to press a victim's chest in time to the beat of 'Stayin' Alive." The woman resumed breathing. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Near the end of 2014, after months of escalating tensions over police killings of young black men, President Obama formed the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Laurie Robinson co-chaired that task force.</s>LAURIE ROBINSON: I absorbed all three events as tremendous tragedies that sha... | In 2015, the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing recommended many reforms. Laurie Robinson, who co-chaired that task force tells Rachel Martin that reform requires long-term commitment. |
ALEX CHADWICK, host: One of the pioneers of the post-World War II American art movement is dead. Robert Rauschenberg was 82. His gallery says he died yesterday. His early works mixed ordinary objects with paint. He called them combines. One of the most famous is "Bed." The artist was too broke to buy a canvas. He took ... | The artist, famous for using found objects in his work, was 82. His most famous work, "Bed," was painted on a quilt using paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish. |
ALEX CHADWICK, host: OK, back to the family-friendly part of the show including the First Family. Presidential daughter Jenna Bush is getting married tomorrow at the Bush ranch in Crawford,</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: And the First Family has invited about 200 guests in a private, outdoor ceremony. No press allowed, al... | The president's daugher is getting married this weekend at the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas. The ceremony will begin with a traditional BBQ. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Last weekend, NFL player Dee Ford of the Kansas City Chiefs was getting all kinds of angry tweets. He was hit with a late penalty, and his team lost to the Patriots. The thing is Dee Ford is not on Twitter, but a 47-year-old English woman also named Dee Ford is, so ... | Dee Ford was getting angry tweets when the Kansas City Chiefs' player drew a late penalty against the Patriots and his team lost. A woman named Dee Ford is on Twitter, she gets tweets meant for him. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene with some advice I had thought was unnecessary. If you're at the petting zoo, no, you can't take the animals. A woman was reportedly arrested for trying to kidnap a kangaroo from the Peaceable Kingdom Petting Zoo in Pennsylvania. CBS3 reports police discovered her tryi... | A woman reportedly was arrested for trying to kidnap a kangaroo from a Pennsylvania petting zoo. CBS3 reports police discovered her trying to squeeze the animal into a Honda and drive it to Florida. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A company is helping Britain prepare for the worst, selling a Brexit Box - food rations for 30 days in case Brexit causes chaos. The meals are described as British favorites - chicken tikka, chili con carne, macaroni and cheese, chicken fajitas. Yes, Britain's voted... | One company is helping people in Britain prepare for challenging times. It is selling food rations for 30 days in case Brexit causes chaos. The meals are described as British favorites. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene, and I am not a robot. NPR is not going the way of a Japanese hotel that began replacing people with robots. The trouble was, they weren't really doing their jobs. The concierge robot couldn't answer basic questions about places to visit. Bellhop robots were running in... | The website The Verge reports the concierge robots couldn't answer questions about places to visit. Bellhop robots were running into each other in hallways. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning, I'm Rachel Martin. For 31 years, the town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, had one big claim to fame. It was home to the tallest moose statue in the world - until 2015, when Norway stole the title with a moose statue of their own. The Norwegian moose is less than a foot taller than Mac the... | For 31 years, the town of Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan Province was home to the tallest moose statue. Until 2015, when Norway stole the title. Moose Jaw is considering how to make its statue taller. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene with news you're going to hate me for because - welcome to the rest of your day.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: I know we report on this Toto song a lot. But come on. It's worth it. According to CNN, there's a new art installation out in the Namibian desert. It is six speakers... | There's a new art installation in the Namibian desert, according to CNN. It's six speakers, playing "Africa" — in Africa. The speakers are powered by the sun — so the song is on an endless loop. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. It must be embarrassing to call the fire department for a cat stuck up a tree. But in southern England, it was necessary because a person was also stuck. The BBC reports Maria Parry searched for her cat for three days and found it stuck up a tree. She climbed up the... | The BBC reports that Maria Parry searched for her cat for three days before finding it. She climbed up the tree to comfort the cat and realized she was too terrified to climb down. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with congratulations to Arizona, which is buying back its own state capitol building. During the Great Recession, the state sold the capitol and other buildings to raise money. Think of the math. The state raised $700 million in the short term, then it leased the bui... | During the Great Recession, the state sold its capitol and other buildings in a sale-lease-back deal to raise money. Nearly a decade later, the state has a plan to reclaim the buildings. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene with a way to vent your anger. There's a company called Smash in Beijing. Reuters reports you can pay 23 bucks to enter a room and release your pent-up anger by smashing things - TVs, computers, old radios, furniture. One customer brought her wedding photos to destroy.... | Reuters reports you can pay $23 to enter a room and release your pent-up feelings by smashing things: TVs, computers, old radios, furniture, etc. One customer brought wedding photos to destroy. |
ALEX CHADWICK, host: From the studios of NPR West, this is Day to Day. I'm Alex Chadwick.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: I'm Madeleine Brand, coming up the debate over the debate, outrage over ABC's moderators at this week's Democratic debate and the defense from ABC's Jake Tapper.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: First story, Pope... | Pope Benedict XVI told U.N. delegates that strengthening human rights is the key to solving the world's problems Friday. |
Mr. MARTY KAPLAN (Director of the Norman Lear Center, University of Southern California): Where's the league of women voters when we need them?</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Day to Day contributor, Marty Kaplan, a former Democratic speech writer. It is time to rest control of the presidential debate from the networks, he sa... | Commentator Marty Kaplan of the Huffington Post says it's time to give control of presidential debates back to the voters. He says he misses the League of Women Voters. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. BuzzFeed is reporting on a freaky moment at a tech conference. A representative from Qualcomm was saying that smart speakers can recommend hotels and restaurants.</s>ALEXA: No, that's not true.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is not clear why Alexa chimed in there. And is t... | The Qualcomm representative was saying smart speakers can recommend hotels and restaurants while people are driving. Alexa said, "That's not true." It's not clear why Alexa chimed in at that point. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. A woman in Oklahoma was using the dating app Bumble bragging about killing a deer. It was an illegal kill, which might not have mattered much except the guy chatting with her is a game warden. According to the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page, they went to the woma... | At the time she mentioned killing a deer, the Oklahoma woman was on the dating app Bumble. The guy chatting with her about the illegal deer kill just happened to be a game warden. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. A German woman rides a commuter train each day. This gives her time for knitting, so she's been knitting a scarf with different bands of color depending on how much the train is delayed. Dark grey means it's only up to five minutes late, pink for up to 30 minutes an... | The woman knits in different bands of color depending on when the train arrives. Dark gray means the train is up to five minutes late. Red means the train is delayed by more than 30 minutes. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a little something special to celebrate this Memorial Day weekend if you happen to be in New York City. Manhattanhenge, it's called. For two days, twice a year, on either side of the summer solstice, the setting sun perfectly aligns with the city's numbered streets. Those blocks, running ea... | Manhattanhenge is the name for the solar phenomena that occurs this weekend in New York City when the setting sun perfectly aligns with the numbered streets running east and west on the city's grid. |
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: An office worker in Britain has called attention to a double standard. Last week, a London receptionist launched a petition to force her company to change its dress code. Back in December, Nicola Thorp, working as a temp, was sent home for wearing a pair of flats instead of the 2-to-4-inch heels... | A British woman who was sent home from work for not wearing high heels has launched a petition asking that it be illegal for a company to require women to wear them. |
MADELEINE BRAND, host: This is Day to Day, I'm Madeleine Brand.</s>ALEX COHEN, host: And I'm Alex Cohen. General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are on Capitol Hill today talking about the status of U.S. troops in Iraq. Ambassador Crocker told law makers that the U.S. needs to stick to its current policy or ... | U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, gave a status report to Congress on Tuesday. We read between the lines. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Everybody knows elephants are cute, but they also want what they want. Video from Sri Lanka shows a woman visiting an elephant rescue center. An elephant reaches its trunk out of its pen, seems to give her a hug. But...</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1... | An elephant reaches its trunk out of its pen and steals a woman's purse. In a tug of war, the woman manages to retrieve her phone. The elephant got the purse and the mangoes inside. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin with an update on the rescued cow. We reported yesterday that a cow was bound for the slaughterhouse when it slipped out of a truck and wandered around a New Jersey highway until it was caught. She was then taken to a shelter. And on this New Year's Day, we can give ... | We reported that a cow bound for the slaughterhouse slipped out of a truck, and wandered along a New Jersey highway until it was caught. After taken to an animal shelter, the cow gave birth. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. The woman believed to be the oldest person who ever lived maybe wasn't. Two researchers now suggest Jeanne Calment of France may not have been 122 years old when she died in 1997. Instead, they hypothesize it was actually her 99-year-old daughter who had assumed her... | Researchers suggest Jeanne Calment may not have been 122 years old when she died in 1997. Instead, they hypothesize it was her 99-year-old daughter who had assumed her identity after she died. |
NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King. High school can feel overwhelming, and college is hours of hitting the books. So imagine doing both at the same time. When Braxton Moral of Kansas was in third grade, his teacher told his parents that he was really, really gifted. In middle school, he started taking college... | When Braxton Moral of Kansas was in third grade, his teacher told his parents that he was "really, really gifted." In May he'll graduate high school and days later pick up his undergraduate degree. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: And we close the show today with a pair of remembrances.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: First, Dr. Asa Hilliard, a professor of urban education at Georgia State University. He was in Egypt, guiding students on foreign exchange trip when he died.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Hilliard was a founding member of th... | We remember Professor Asa Hilliard, a tireless advocate for culturally sensitive college admissions testing and teacher training. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you're worried that this political season is causing your hair to turn prematurely gray, well, raucous debate language notwithstanding, that might not be the reason - because just last week, scientists identified the first gene for gray hair. The gene is called IRF4 and researchers say it's resp... | Think you've gone gray from stress? Scientists say they've identified the first gene for gray hair. It accounts for about 30 percent of grays, mostly in lighter colored hair. |
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Now we turn to the government shutdown. We're on Day 23, making it the longest in American history. Today, we're going to hear from Kami of Texas. She's asking that we don't use her last name because of the nature of her husband's job. He's an essential federal employee and is currently working wi... | During the longest government shutdown in history, essential federal employees are still working without pay. We hear how one family has been affected. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. After pitcher Brady Singer signed with the Kansas City Royals, he wrote his parents a letter this holiday. He posted video of them reading it.</s>JACQUELYN SINGER: I love you, Mom and Dad.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Kansas City Star reports Singer used his $4 million ... | Brady Singer recently joined the Kansas City Royals and received a $4.25 million signing bonus. He wrote his parents a holiday letter and told them he would be paying off all their debts. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. The North Pole is in international waters. But now Canada is arguing its most famous resident is definitely Canadian. A Canadian tax official tells CTV News that Santa reports an income, including in the form of cookies and carrots. Santa files expenses for a lot of s... | The North Pole is in international waters but now Canada is arguing that Santa Claus is definitely Canadian. CTV News reports various Canadian government departments and agencies cite proof. |
NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King. New York Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold went undercover dressed in a red-and-white suit and a beard at a New Jersey mall last week. Kids asked him to bring them puppies and skateboards.</s>NOEL KING, HOST: And then, eek, two young football fans asked him for Saquon Bar... | Last week in New Jersey, quarterback Sam Darnold went undercover as a mall Santa. Kids asked for toys and pets. One young fan asked for a Saquon Barkley jersey. Barkley plays for the New York Giants. |
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the program discussing the partial shutdown of the federal government, which is entering its third week. It's now tied for the third longest in history, with the president demanding billions for the border wall he once said Mexico would pay for and Democrats refusing. There is ... | We asked listeners across the country to share stories of how the shutdown is affecting them. Gabrielle Lopez talks about how her student debt has been affected by the shutdown. |
NEAL CONAN, host: Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, died yesterday at the age of 71. After a long struggle with cancer, she died at a hospital in Nairobi. After leaving her home in rural Kenya to study in America, she returned to serve in government and in parliament. She's perh... | Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer Sunday at the age of 71. Maathai inspired a generation of women and founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement, which targets deforestation, poverty and the status of women. Listen to two previous Talk of the Nation interviews with Wangari M... |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. There's an old saying about who wears the pants in the family. And the answer now includes female Mormon missionaries. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated its dress code for missionaries.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Women are still supposed to wear s... | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated its dress code for missionaries. Women must still wear skirts and dresses to worship, but they may wear dress slacks at other times. |
NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King.</s>NOEL KING, HOST: Vacation selfies apparently aren't enough for one British family. A posting recently appeared on a job website for photographers. The gig - shoot the family's travels in Monaco, Abu Dhabi and Rio, among other places. But the family, who wants to stay ano... | The family posted the job on a website for photographers. The assignment is to shoot the family's travels to Monaco, Rio and other stops. The pay is $100,000. Five years of experience is required. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. Police in Green Bay, Wis., have put cardboard cutouts of their police chief, Andrew Smith, in stores. He looks stern, holding a message - win a free ride in a police car by shoplifting from this store. Well, somebody was so intimidated by the chief that they walked of... | The life-size replica of the Green Bay police chief was warning against shoplifting, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette. Chief Andrew Smith says over all, shoplifting is down 5 percent. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. Thank goodness Marion Wischnewski uses the parental lock on her Alexa device because Rocco has been placing some orders. He's asked Alexa to deliver fruit, light bulbs, a kite. Rocco is not a child. He is Marion's African gray parrot. She adopted him after he was esse... | Rocco has asked Alexa to deliver fruit, light-bulbs and a kite. Rocco is Marion Wischnewski's African grey parrot. He was adopted by Marion after he cursed too much at an animal sanctuary. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An update now on Rhodes Must Fall - that's the student protest movement at Oxford University calling for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to come down. Rhodes endowed the Rhodes Scholarship but also laid the groundwork for apartheid in South Africa. Last week, I spoke with Tadiwa Madenga, a campaign organi... | Rachel Martin has an update on last week's story from Oxford University, where students called for a controversial statue to be removed. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I am Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: On today's show, Chairman Julian Bond on the future of the NAACP.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: And surviving the heat wave out west.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: But first, let's kick things off with headlines. Today we start in... | Host Farai Chideya runs through the day's headlines, including a rally for the release of a young sex offender, and President Bush wins a lawsuit but loses Republican support for the Iraq war. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: On today's show, we start this month's religion series. We take the historic look at faith in black America. And actor Blair Underwood has a new erotic mystery novel, "Casanegra." He and co-writer Steven Barnes and Tana... | Host Farai Chideya runs through the day's headlines, including Ill. Sen. Barack Obama's record-breaking fundraising efforts. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. It's the time of year when maybe your colleagues start wearing Santa hats or putting tinsel on their cubicles to liven up the workplace. I assure you, though, it's nothing like what Jack Makepeace has done in his office. The 24-year-old Brit turned his cubicle into ... | Jack Makepeace, 24, turned his workspace into an elaborate ice castle guarded by penguins complete with a drawbridge. He sits inside the castle to do work and turns on the log fire screensaver. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. This can happen to anybody, right? A man got caught on the armrest of an airplane. It's not clear how, but his pinky got stuck, stuck for nearly an hour on the American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest. He's now suing, saying his pinky injury keeps him from drivi... | It's not clear how his finger reportedly got stuck in an armrest of an American Airlines flight for nearly an hour, but he's now suing the airline and the company that operates it. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Nine years ago, Paula Stanton accidentally flushed her diamond-and-gold wedding ring down the toilet while cleaning the bathroom. She thought it was gone forever, but luckily, years later, she mentioned it to a city worker named Ted Gogol. Ted was working near a man... | Paula Stanton accidentally flushed her diamond wedding ring while cleaning the bathroom. She mentioned it to a city worker, Ted Gogol, who was doing work near her home when he found the ring. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. What's the secret to a long life? Andrew Slavonic of Pennsylvania says it's pretty simple. One Coors Light a day. He should know. The World War II vet turned 101 years old this year. Slavonic and his son Bob talked about his ritual on Fox News where he said every da... | Andrew Slavonic, a WW II veteran from Pennsylvania, turned 101 years old this year. He told Fox News that every day around 4 p.m., he and his son crack open a cold one. |
TONY COX, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Tony Cox in for Farai Chideya.</s>TONY COX, host: We're going to take you around the world in today's show, starting here at home with some tough questions for Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson. We'll then head to West Africa with NPR's Ofe... | NPR's Tony Cox runs through the day's headlines, including a hike in black college enrollment throughout the South and a dip in the sale of new homes. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. The Fearless Girl is moving. An artist created the statue of the tough kid - elbows out, hands on hips - and placed her to confront a famous sculpture of a bull in lower Manhattan. She was popular. She drew crowds. But the sculptor of the bull objected. His creation... | "Fearless Girl" is on the move. The sculpture, which once stared down the "Charging Bull" statue, has officially moved a few blocks over to face an even bigger beast, the New York Stock Exchange. |
TONY COX, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Tony Cox, in for Farai Chideya.</s>TONY COX, host: Welcome to the first day of summer.</s>TONY COX, host: Coming up, we've got a quite a show for you today, including Senator Chris Dodd on a bill he hoped will help solve some longstanding Civil Rights era murders... | NPR's Tony Cox runs through the day's headlines of news affecting black life and culture. Thursday's headlines include a levee update from the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans and testimony from Wan Kim, head of the embattled Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. |
CARRIE KAHN, HOST: And now a correction and clarification. In last week's public service announcement about holiday injuries, one of our warnings didn't go far enough. We told you not to put your hand in a jammed snow blower that's running to clear it out. But we should have added, even if the snow blower is turned off... | Last week, Weekend Edition issued a PSA to prevent holiday injuries. But we failed to note that you should never, ever stick your hand in a snowblower — even if it's off. Carrie Kahn has a correction. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This past week, a Canadian man pleaded guilty to smuggling charges in the U.S. He was caught at a border checkpoint between Detroit and Windsor. Your basic, run-of-the-mill border crime, right? Sure, if smuggling 51 live turtles in your pants is run-of-the-mill. Last fall, Kai Xu was subjected to a... | A Canadian college student was caught at a border checkpoint with more than 50 live turtles in his pants and has pleaded guilty to six smuggling charges in the U.S. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up, we've got our weekly look at politics, including the New York mayor's jump from the Republican Party. A special Roundtable on homophobia in hip-hop is also coming up.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: But first, let's ... | Host Farai Chideya runs through the day's headlines of news affecting black life and culture. Wednesday's headlines include a report on AIDS setbacks in South Africa and the Second District of the AME Church announcing their support of a merger between XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up, we've got a look at the week's top entertainment stories with Newsweek's Allison Samuels. And later, a bittersweet snapshot just in time for Father's Day.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: But first, let's kick things ... | Farai Chideya runs through the day's headlines of news affecting black life and culture. Friday's headlines include a rise in subprime loan foreclosures and Oprah Winfrey topping a new Forbes magazine celebrity power list. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up, we look at the war crimes trial of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, and former Cosby kid, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has a surprising one-man show.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: But first, let's kick things off ... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Tuesday's headlines include the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage, and the disciplinary hearing for disgraced Durham district attorney Michael Nifong. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. The late Elvis Presley is telling residents of a German town to walk or don't walk. The town where Elvis was stationed while in the Army has installed new traffic signals. You know those figures of a person that say walk and don't walk. Well, some are Elvis-shaped. ... | Residents of a small German town are looking at an image of Elvis Presley dancing or standing at a microphone to signal for them to walk or not to walk. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up, we've got rapper producer Da Brat on Celebrity Fit Club. And "Good Times" actor John Amos has a new project about the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But, first, let's kick things off with headlines.</s>FARAI CHI... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Thursday's roundup includes a look at financial trouble at the NAACP. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. A substitute teacher in New Jersey won't be returning to work. NJ.com reports she told first-graders that Santa Claus is not real. This led to a discussion in the class about the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, The Elf on the Shelf. She said they're fake, too. The prin... | The teacher won't be returning to work after she told first graders that Santa Claus was not real, according to NJ.com. The school's principal says the substitute showed poor judgement. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Give Dane Best credit for civic engagement. He is 9 years old, a resident of Severance, Colo., and he argued before the town board against a century-old ban on throwing snowballs. The law bans throwing rocks or other missiles, and there is no right to bear snowballs... | The century-old law in Severance banned throwing rocks or other "missiles." Nine-year-old Dane Best organized a letter writing campaign, and called the law "outdated." |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Be honest. Have you ever lied about your age - maybe just, you know, rounded up or down as suited your particular need? A Dutchman named Emile Ratelband wanted to change his age by more than a rounding error. He is a 69-year-old single man who believes he'd get bett... | Emile Ratelband wanted to change his age by 20 years. He believes he would get better results on dating apps if he were younger. He plans to appeal his case. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Well, have you ever wanted to know how to blog? The geeks are here to rescue you. And I happen to be one of those geeks talking to two of my colleagues coming up about that and cheap or free technology - how to get it. ... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Friday's stories include passage of the first federal minimum-wage increase in a decade, and a Washington Post story about e-mail-swamped executives declaring a light-hearted, nonfinancial bankruptcy. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up, we have sex and sexuality on HBCU campuses, that's historically black colleges and universities. Also we go take a drive down "Bible Road" with photographer Sam Fentress. But first, let's kick things off with... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Wednesday's headlines include a move in Louisiana to create a new majority-minority judicial district, and the surprising findings of a new poll of African-American Muslims. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. You don't hear this every day - Santa Claus caused a massive traffic jam in England. No, kids, not actual Santa. The real St. Nick would never be so careless. This was a giant inflatable Santa. We're talking, like, four times the size of most vehicles. It floated away... | The giant inflatable Santa was four times the size of most vehicles. It floated away from someone's house and fell across the road causing, in the words of the BBC, a ho-ho-holdup. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Dan Dotson, who operates his own auction house and stars in "Storage Wars" on A&E, recently recounted a crazy story about found money. Apparently, Dotson had auctioned off a storage unit for $500. The guy who bought it found a safe inside and got the surprise of a l... | Dan Dotson, who operates an auction house and stars in Storage Wars on A&E, auctioned off a storage unit for $500. The new owner found millions in it, and agreed to return the money for 1.2 million. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An American who traveled to an island in the Bay of Bengal has been killed there.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: His name was John Allen Chau. He came from Vancouver, Wash. He crossed the Pacific to the Indian Ocean Region. And on the remote Andaman Islands, he tried to contact local people who live in is... | John Allen Chau was killed last week as he tried to make his way onto a remote island off India's coast. The Sentinelese people are one of the last groups to reject contact with the outside world. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. If you are jaywalking in China, you might be caught on camera, and your face could be plastered on a huge screen. According to the South China Morning Post, police in the city of Ningbo have been doing this to crack down on jaywalking. It happened to Dong Mingzhu - on... | If you're caught jaywalking in China, your photo could be put on display as punishment. Just like a woman whose face was on a bus ad when it went by the camera. Police are fixing the technology. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Stay with me now as we move from a conversation about Canadian foreign policy to the story of a Canadian who won the Internet this past week. I'm talking about Drake - and, yeah, Drake's a Canadian. And this is his new song, "Hotline Bling."</s>DRAKE: (Singing) You used to call me on my cellphone l... | The musician Drake released a music video last week for his song "Hotline Bling." Social media is obsessed, but not just because he's Drake and he's dancing. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're now going to look back at the life of Olivia Hooker. She has died at the age of 103. If you don't know her name, we're going to share some of her story and one important chapter in particular. Olivia Hooker witnessed the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.</s>OLIVIA HOOKER: It was May 31, 1921. At first... | Olivia Hooker was one of the last surviving witnesses of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, and was the first African-American woman to join the U.S. Coast Guard. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This Thanksgiving week marks the anniversary of one of history's most meaningful speeches. In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln visited Gettysburg, Pa.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It was during the Civil War. Union forces had defeated Confederates at Gettysburg. And Lincoln was dedicating a ceme... | This week marks 155 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered the famously short Gettysburg Address in 1863. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Years ago, my brother was enraged by drivers who blew through a stop sign in front of his house, so he set up a camera to document them. Same thing happened in the Italian village of Acquetico. Residents complained of speeding cars, so the mayor set up a camera. And... | After just two weeks, Acquetico's cameras caught more than 58,000 speeding incidents, according to Italian media. That's a hefty number for a community of about 120 residents. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: If you were like me, sitting around your room at home singing, "This is for the Lover in You," well we've got something coming up for you: Howard Hewett of the group Shalamar. I know you guys don't want to hear me sing.... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Friday's topics include New York's Rockland County jail hiring its first imam for inmates, and whether New Jersey will abolish the death penalty. |
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Coming up on the show, we have got the 10 best cities for African-Americans. Are you in suspense? You might be sitting in one of them right now. But first, we've got a few headlines. Let's start in Perry County, Alabama... | Farai Chideya scans the day's headlines for news affecting black life and culture. Thursday's roundup includes the indictment of a former Alabama state trooper for a Civil Rights-era murder, Rev. Al Sharpton and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spar over Mormonism, and networking-technology maker Cisco Sys... |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Romanian man did not insist on the principle finders, keepers. He's a construction worker. He bought a secondhand cupboard and inside found a metal box stuffed with euro notes. The money was the equivalent of $107,000. Rather than keep it, he insisted on finding t... | Inside the cupboard, he found a metal box stuffed with notes worth $107,000. Rather than keep it, he insisted on finding the owner, who gratefully gave a reward. |
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Earlier today, I spoke with California Governor Jerry Brown as he prepares to leave office. And part of our conversation touched on the record-breaking fires in the state. At the same time the Wolsey Fire swept through the hills above Malibu, the Camp Fire in Northern California killed 85 people. I a... | California Gov. Jerry Brown explains the challenges facing his state in trying to prevent more deadly wildfires in coming years. |
NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King.</s>NOEL KING, HOST: On Tuesday, as millions of Americans voted, Maria Valles Veeda De Bonilla went to an office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Virginia and became an American citizen. De Bonilla, who is originally from El Salvador, is 106 years old. When sh... | Americans hit the polls on Tuesday to vote, Maria Valles Veeda De Bonilla went to the Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Virginia to become a U.S. citizen. She's 106 years old. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. This next story starts out badly if you're Nathan Peterman. The Buffalo Bills quarterback has been on and off the bench, and his team is 2 and 7. Bills fans set up a GoFundMe called "Nathan Peterman Please Retire." They want to raise $1 million to finance his depart... | Buffalo Bills fans started a fundraising page to ask quarterback Nathan Peterman to retire. They want $1 million, but so far have raised just $285. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. Secret Service protects U.S. presidents but also visiting heads of state. So when the president of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, was here, they were on duty. You know, stick close during her meetings, her meals. Oh, and her 26-mile run. President Kaljulaid was in the New... | The Secret Service protects U.S. presidents and also visiting heads of state. Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid was in the New York City Marathon — two agents had to run with her. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke did not win. Republican Senator Ted Cruz prevailed in a fierce race with turnout nearly as high as in a presidential election. But while Republicans can be satisfied, the Democrat memorably signed off. His speech to supporters in... | Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas prevailed over Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke Tuesday night. During a speech to supporters, O'Rourke dropped an f-bomb. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. There's something amazing in New York's Central Park right now. It's called a mandarin duck. It's got this hot-pink beak, a purple chest and massive orange sideburns. These ducks are native to East Asia, and no one can figure out why this one is in New York. He didn... | A duck native to East Asia called the Mandarin Duck appeared in New York's Central Park. Birders are amazed as to how the bird got there and still roams the city. |
NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm Noel King. Today, we take a moment to remember a woman who changed Thanksgiving menus for generations. In 1955, Dorcas Reilly, a supervisor at the Campbell Soup Company, put together a recipe that called for cream of mushroom soup, green beans and fried onions. That casserole became a... | Dorcas Reilly created a Thanksgiving staple, the classic American Green-Bean Casserole. Among her other creations, a "tuna-noodle casserole," and Sloppy Joe "souperburgers." |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. It's been a big week for Earl Livingston of New Jersey. The 87-year-old was on his way to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket when he fell and broke his hip. The hospital staff felt bad for him, so they invited him to join their lottery ticket pool with more than a h... | Earl Livingston from New Jersey is 87 years old. He was headed to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket when he fell and broke his hip. Then he joined the hospital staff's winning lottery pool. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Who knows how this happened in the 1800s? Workers in Barcelona, Spain, began building a church called the Sagrada Familia. They're still not finished. Cranes rise amid its spires. This famous church has been under construction 135 years. And all that time, workers h... | The Sagrada Familia basilica has been under construction since work began 136 years ago. The basilica has agreed to pay the city about $41 million to settle the permit dispute. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. Should you have engine trouble in your car, you should calmly pull over. And the same applies to planes. Ryan Monroe (ph) is a flight instructor who was teaching a student to fly when the plane lost power. The instructor took over for the involuntary descent and smo... | Ryan Munro was teaching a student to fly when the plane lost power. He took over and smoothly merged into traffic on a freeway near San Diego. Passengers of a car captured the landing on video. |
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene with a story about the importance of return customers. The BBC is reporting on a group of men who were about to rob a shop in Belgium until the quick-thinking owner said, hey, come back at the end of the day. I'm going to have more money then. The guys left. The owner ... | A store owner in Belgium asked robbers to come back later when he would have more money. He also told the police, who were there when they did come back. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A year in Hawaii may sound like a dream come true, but don't be jealous of the NASA scientists who started a year-long rotation there Friday. Their mission will allow for no lounging on Waikiki or sipping of Mai Tais. The NASA team has hunkered down in a special dome near a volcano to simulate what... | NPR's Rachel Martin reports on a year-long NASA mission to Hawaii. |
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Had the criminal gotten away with his crime, he might've suffered from a limp. The man allegedly broke into a shoe store in Roanoke, Va., and took seven shoes out of the display window where only right shoes were displayed - awkward for walking. Getting off on the w... | Only right shoes were displayed. Police say they found a backpack with seven shoes inside along with the suspect's student ID and a sweatshirt with the prophetic words: Call My Lawyer. |
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. It's hard to find the perfect gift. Even harder when the giftee is a Nobel Prize winner. I mean, how do you top the most prestigious award in the world, right? The University of Missouri was struggling to figure out how to honor one of its faculty members, George P.... | The University of Missouri was deciding how to honor George Smith, who shared the 2018 Nobel in chemistry. Some schools designate parking spots but Smith bikes. He now has his own spot in a bike rack. |
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