Remembering baseball writer Scott Miller
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Tyler Kepner of the New York Times about the life and legacy of baseball writer Scott Miller.
U.S. Sending Emergency Assistance As COVID-19 Overwhelms India's Health System
India is now where the coronavirus is spreading fastest. The country's health system is collapsing under the weight of record-breaking caseloads. The U.S. is sending assistance.
Did Last Night's Oscars Work As A TV Show?
We've talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.
As Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise In The U.S., Experts Say Expanding Medicaid Is Key
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation where the rate of pregnancy-related deaths is rising. Black mothers face the highest risk, and the CDC estimates over half of these deaths are preventable.
The U.S. Supreme Court Seems Headed For A Major Decision On Gun Rights
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the anonymity of big-money donors to nonprofits. The justices also agreed to hear a major gun-rights case next term.
Family Permitted To See 20 Seconds Of Bodycam Video From Shooting Of Andrew Brown Jr.
Family of a Black man who was shot by police in Elizabeth City, N.C., last week say they were only permitted to see 20 seconds of a police bodycam video. An attorney called it "an execution."
Attorney General Announces Investigation Into Louisville Police Force
Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced a civil rights investigation into the Louisville police force in a city still reeling from the death of Breonna Taylor last summer.
Remembering KCUR Reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman
A reporter for NPR member station KCUR in Kansas City has died after being struck by gunfire. At 24 years old, Aviva Okeson-Haberman was already an accomplished journalist.
Rescue Ship Unable to Recover Bodies of Migrants Near Libya
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Emmanuelle Chaze about the rescue ship Ocean Viking's response to a shipwreck off the coast of Libya last week, in which about 130 migrants drowned.
Much Of The Relief Along The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Coming From Volunteer Aid Groups
Absent federal funding, volunteer aid groups are providing much of the humanitarian relief along the U.S.-Mexico border.
MOVE Demands Answers On Missing Children's Remains
Members of the Black revolutionary organization MOVE are demanding the return of the remains of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia.