Life Kit has tips on how to paint your rental
It might feel risky to make big, bold changes to a brand new apartment. But NPR's Life Kit has tips for making your space your own, without losing your security deposit.
Physician-Assisted Death Legislation Moves Forward In California
California's Senate approved the End of Life Option Act, a bill that would allow doctor-assisted suicide for some terminally ill patients. The bill had been stalled for years, in part because doctors opposed it. But last month the California Medical Association dropped its opposition, becoming the first state medical association to do so. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Dr. Theodore Mazer, a member of the association's executive board, about the decision.
Risky Gazans Begin Digging Out Smuggling Tunnels To Egypt Again
During their heyday, you could deliver fried chicken from Egypt to Gaza through tunnels. Despite new dangers of an Egyptian anti-tunnel campaign, some Gazans are digging out a living again.
New Nonprofit Supermarket Fills Shelves With Surplus Stock
Daily Table opened in Boston Thursday, offering sharply-discounted groceries with a shorter shelf life. (This piece originally aired June 4, 2015, on All Things Considered.)
Fighting In Eastern Ukraine Ramps Up, Raises Fears
Renewed fighting in Eastern Ukraine marked an end to a tenuous cease-fire agreed to in February. Observers fear that a surge in violence could plunge the region into another full scale war.
Forty Years Ago, NBA Finals Featured A Surprise: The Warriors
The last time the Golden State Warriors were in the NBA Championship, their berth was such a surprise that they had to schedule games around an ice entertainment show at the Oakland Coliseum.
Once Feared, Now Celebrated, Hudson River Cleanup Nears Its End
General Electric is entering the final year of a billion-dollar cleanup of PCB-contaminated water. The project was once controversial — now, even some early critics are asking for it to be continued.
NCAA Tests Out Flat-Seamed Baseballs To Boost Batting Averages
NPR's Robert Siegel interviews physicist Alan Nathan, a professor at the University of Illinois, about how homeruns are up by 40 percent after using flat-seamed balls this season.
