He has attempted the journey to Europe three times, and refuses to give up Transcript Mamadou Niang has decided he has no choice but to leave his native Senegal. He is the son of a farmer, but salinization has made it impossible to farm his family's...
If the GOP wins the House, Kevin McCarthy will make a bid to be speaker Transcript Presumptive House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a Republican representative from California, who is currently the minority leader. He is likely to face several challenges...
With some elections undecided, Congress returns for a busy lame-duck session Transcript Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, but Republicans are one win away from taking over power in the House. A MART?NEZ, HOST: While votes are still being...
Black Death survivors gave descendants a genetic advantage but with a cost Transcript A study shows that survivors of the bubonic plague, which lasted from 1346 to 1353, may have passed on the ability to survive other pandemics. (Aired on All Things...
Steve Jobs' sandals, worn in the early days of Apple, sold for $218,750 Transcript The brown suede Birkenstock Arizonas were worn by Jobs in the 1970s and 1980s during many pivotal moments in Apple's history, the auction house says. The winner did no...
U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights Transcript The Department of Transportation is cracking down on airlines that refuse to give customers refunds for canceled flights. Secretary of Transportation Pete...
For the first time there are 8 billion people on the Earth, U.N. report says Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jack Goldstone, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, who writes about population trends, about the world's growing...
Michelle Obama opens up in her new memoir 'The Light We Carry' Transcript In an interview Tuesday on All Things Considered, the former first lady will talk about a phrase that she didn't know would resonate: When they go low, we go high. LEILA FADEL,...
Brazil's president-elect renews calls to crack down on deforestation in the Amazon Transcript This story was reported with support from the United Nations Foundation....
An owl twice attacked a Washington woman. A biologist says it's becoming more common Transcript Kirsten Mathisen was walking alone in the woods by her Hansville, Wash., home when she was attacked. There was no warning. Her attacker was fast and silen...
Trump-backed election denier loses to Democrat in Nevada's secretary of state race Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to Democrat Cisco Aguilar, who won Nevada's race for secretary of state. He beat Republican Jim Marchant, who had spread conspiracy t...
President Biden meets with world leaders at the G20 summit in Indonesia Transcript On the agenda: soaring food and energy prices sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine. The White House expects most of the leaders will come together at the end of the summ...
In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck' Transcript Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading...
Cryptocurrency trading platform FTX's collapse spotlights doubt about the industry Transcript A look at how the collapse of one of the world's largest crypto exchanges is casting doubt on the decentralized finance model that so many early adopters of...
NATO investigates a missile strike in Poland that killed 2 people Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to former State Department official Joel Rubin about NATO's possible response. It's unclear at this point where the Russian-made missile was fired fro...
