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Barman Eddie Kim visits All Things Considered to share a drink for ringing in 2020. He named the whisky and vermouth cocktail for the vibes he's hoping for in the new year, truth and clarity.
A new law aims to cut down on the number of robocalls Americans receive. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Sarah Krouse about how effective the law might be.
On Dec. 31, 1979, NPR's Art Silverman told the story on this program of his attempt to repair his car himself. We update the story with surprising news about the car and its recipient.
North Korea vowed to introduce a new strategic weapon as Kim Jong Un prepared to deliver his New Year's address to the country.
The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2019 despite the trade war with China. Unemployment remains at historic lows, wages are up and the stock market soared. Trade agreements reached at year's end brightened forecasts for 2020.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mary McCord, former Justice Department official, about why McCord believes Congress should make domestic terrorism a federal crime.
A listener wrote us a letter arguing that the end of the decade is not imminent. There are some surprising ramifications of assuming a decade goes from a year ending in 1 through a year ending in 0.
Iraqi militiamen set fires and chanted "Down with America" outside the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. The larger issue, rarely discussed by the Trump administration, is what are U.S. interests in Iraq today?
Famous auto industry CEO Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan where he faced charges for financial wrongdoing, in a daring escape that reportedly involved him being smuggled out in a musical instrument case.
Scientists are using old spy satellite images to measure the effects of climate change. They're finding that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting twice as fast as they were a few decades earlier.
Tuesday is the deadline for wildfire victims in California to file settlement claims. A judge extended an earlier deadline over concerns that only a fraction of those eligible had come forward.
New York's criminal justice overhaul takes effect Wednesday, limiting cash bail and forcing district attorneys to share evidence earlier. Police and prosecutors worry the system will favor defendants.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sydney Morning Herald reporter Laura Chung about the extent of bushfires raging in Australia.
In this special episode of The NPR Politics Podcast we sat down with Iowa Public Radio's lead political reporter Clay Masters to talk about why Iowa's caucus comes first in the presidential election and why that matters.Masters explored the history and impact of the caucuses in IPR's new podcast Caucus Land, and we deep dive on the key things he learned while hitting the road and following the 2020 presidential candidates.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at [email protected] the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — and most of the money came through a program that Congress never approved. It's the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years.
NPR listeners share the stories behind their biggest regrets of 2019.
After American airstrikes killed members of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, protesters swarmed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Ahmed Aboulenein of Reuters.
As 2020 approaches, consider taking up a new hobby! Layne Scherer of Washington, D.C., shares her passion for linoleum block print cutting.
The movement coach has taught at Juilliard for 50 years. Stars of stage and screen credit him with helping them create physically demanding roles by manipulating their bodies.
We continue our series on financial bubbles with the British bicycle mania of the 1890s and the trail of bankrupt companies it left behind.
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. Rivers, who died in 2014, spoke to Terry Gross in 2010 about the sacrifices she made as a female comedian.
This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2019, Stern told Terry Gross he was no longer the raunchy shock jock he'd been earlier in his career.
NPR's Steve Inskeep remembers his long-time colleague Cokie Roberts — one of NPR's "founding mothers" — who died in September at the age of 75 of complications from breast cancer.
The man accused of attacking people in a rabbi's home in New York over the weekend is now facing federal hate crime charges. The FBI said Grafton Thomas seems to have been driven by anti-Semitism.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kurdish journalist Hiwa Osman and Farhad Alaaldin, of the Iraqi Advisory Council, about protests against U.S. airstrikes on bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia.
Nissa-Lynn Parson didn't think it was odd for her son Cayden to ask for a magnifying glass. Cayden and his brothers used it to burn holes in a newspaper and ended up setting the lawn on fire.
When other users saw Stone's profile, they reported it, thinking it was an imposter. The star of Basic Instinct tweeted at Bumble, pleading: "Don't shut me out of the hive." Her account was restored.
Homelessness in Los Angeles is becoming more dangerous. One percent of LA's population lives on the streets or in shelters, but in 2019, homeless people made up about 17% of its homicide victims.
NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.
The U.N. and Vatican have tried to broker talks between Haiti's president and the opposition. Protesters are on holiday break, but promise to go back onto the streets on New Year's Day.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday he has approved recommendations to fire all of the correctional officer cadets who participated in an apparent Nazi salute during a class photo.
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is taking refuge in Lebanon. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief Simon Denyer about what has happened since Ghosn's 2018 arrest.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Wear, who directed faith outreach for President Obama's reelection campaign, about whether 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are appealing to faith voters.
Members of a synagogue added armed guards to services following harassment by a neo-Nazi website. They also coordinated harassment responses with police, and say more towns should do the same.
The new federal budget has more money for a national suicide prevention hotline, and the Federal Communications Commission says it will designate a 3-digit dialing code to call it.
NPR's Noel King talks to Alex White, a reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne, about hundreds of fires that have been burning for several months in four states in Australia.
A man in Oregon gave his grandkids a bus for Christmas, so he can drive them all to school each morning at the same time. He named the bus "Grandfather Express."
Engineered meat, immigration raids on chicken plants, and the big target on the backs of big technology companies are some of the business stories that made headlines in 2019.
Administration officials pushed for big changes to the nation's legal immigration system in 2019 — from a dramatic shift on asylum claims at the border, to restrictions on who can get a green card.
The Mueller investigation and the impeachment inquiry dominated headlines in 2019 — overshadowing the Justice Department's efforts on another national security front: combating Chinese espionage.
Federal hate crime charges are filed against Hanukkah stabbing suspect. Justice Department says China poses a continuing danger to national security. And, Australians grapple with ongoing brush fires.
Former President Barack Obama has shared his favorite songs of 2019, including selections from Lizzo, Bruce Springsteen and Lil Nas X. It's a tradition he's continued since he was in office.
The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.
There are rare chemical elements, and then there is tennessine. Only a couple dozen atoms of the stuff have ever existed. For the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, NPR science correspondent Joe Palca shares the convoluted story of one of the latest elements to be added. Follow Maddie on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the team at [email protected].
So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.