News

National

For Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren, A Place To Call Home

4:45pm November 26, 2018

by Ally Schweitzer

In Washington, D.C., grandparents who are raising their grandkids have a new housing option: Plaza West, an apartment complex exclusively for this kind of nontraditional family.

Queue Listen Now

Trump Threatens To Shut Down U.S. Border With Mexico

4:45pm November 26, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Trump also defended U.S. border agents' use of tear gas on migrants who were trying to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico.

Queue Listen Now

National

Confusion And Frustration Grow After Police Shooting At Alabama Mall

4:45pm November 26, 2018

by Gigi Douban

Police, who killed a black man Thanksgiving night after a shooting at an Alabama mall, now say Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. probably was not involved in the altercation.

Queue Listen Now

National

Charlottesville Trial Begins

4:45pm November 26, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., who is accused of ramming his car through a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fields is charged with murder in the death of Heather Heyer and faces additional charges for wounding others.

Queue Listen Now

National

What Role The U.S. Military Is Playing At The Mexican Border

4:45pm November 26, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to retired Lt. Gen. Steve Blum about the military logistics of law enforcement and engaging migrants at the border. About 8,000 U.S. military are deployed at the border.

Queue Listen Now

Environment

Super-Fast Shipping Comes With High Environmental Costs

4:45pm November 26, 2018

Getting your online purchase delivered at home in just two days puts more polluting vehicles on the road. M. Sanjayan, the CEO of Conservation International, explains what that means for the planet.

Queue Listen Now

GM Announces Plans To Cut 15,000 Jobs In U.S. And Canada

4:45pm November 26, 2018

As car sales continue to slump, General Motors says it will end production at five factories in the U.S. and Canada. The company says it will lay off 15 percent of salaried workers.

Queue Listen Now

NASA engineers on the flight team celebrate the InSight spacecraft's successful landing on Mars at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday.

NASA Probe Lands Safely On Martian Surface

4:35pm November 26, 2018

by Joe Palca

There's a new probe on Mars. After Monday's tricky landing, NASA's InSight spacecraft is to deploy a sensitive seismometer and temperature probe to let scientists explore the planet's interior.

Queue Listen Now