Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died at age 71 Transcript Hurt is best known for his roles in Body Heat, Children of a Lesser God and Broadcast News. Hurt won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Os...
Automakers partner with mines as electric cars rely on raw materials for batteries Transcript As automakers move to expand electric vehicle production, not enough raw materials such as lithium are being mined for batteries. Automakers are now directl...
'Sesame Street' actor, Emilio Delgado, dies after a battle with blood cancer Transcript Generations of children knew Emilio Delgado as Sesame Street's fix-it shop owner, Luis Rodriguez. This week, Delgado died at age 81, having been diagnosed with a...
Victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family Transcript Members of the Sackler family didn't respond as people confronted them during a court hearing about the harm caused by their company Purdue Pharma and its highly addictive p...
Growing sanctions on Russia could cripple Russian airlines Transcript Russian airlines are primarily only flying domestically. More than half of Russian planes are leased from companies in the West, which now must terminate those contacts and reposse...
Which came first: dinosaurs or octopuses? The answer might surprise you Transcript Scientists in Montana recently found a fossil of an early ancestor of modern octopuses. It lived about 330 million years ago before the age of dinosaurs. LEILA FADEL,...
Russia is now the most sanctioned nation in the world. How is it coping? Transcript The more than 5,000 sanctions against Russia are tanking the ruble and hurting everyday Russians. There are worries that a recession is looming. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:...
Ryan Reynolds' movie 'The Adam Project' is inspired by his childhood imagination Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to actor Ryan Reynolds, who stars in the new film The Adam Project about a time-traveling pilot on a quest to save the future. A MARTIN...
Why it could take up to $2 billion to fix the water system in Jackson, Miss. Transcript One year after a winter storm left residents in Jackson without water for up to a month, the city is receiving millions of federal dollars. But the funds won't be...
1 in 5 local election officials say they're likely to quit before 2024 For the past two years, the people who run America's elections have been sounding the alarm. The polarized voting environment that has come out of the 2020 election has led to nea...