Waters Will Flood Part Of Colorado River, For Just A Few Weeks
Millions of gallons of water used to flow every day from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Now, the Colorado River ends at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border. Below it, one of North...
View ArticleFor Albuquerque PD, A Searing Rebuke From Justice Department
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The Justice Department issued a scathing report today on the Albuquerque Police Department's use of force. Albuquerque officers have shot and...
View ArticleNevada Ranch Dispute Ends As Feds Back Down — For Now
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. A standoff between federal agents and a Nevada rancher is over for now. Over...
View ArticleWhat's In A Name? Plenty Of Ways To Make A Mistake
When Arizona State University graduates hear their names announced, they have Peter Lafford to thank. It's his job to ensure students' names are pronounced correctly — and it's not always an easy task....
View ArticleSome Deportees Return To Mexico But Their Stuff Stays In The U.S.
Derek Lucas Reyes, 20, went from being undocumented in the U.S. to undocumented in his native Mexico. He sits at a table after breakfast in a shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S....
View ArticleDo Try This At Home: Hacking Chicken Sous Vide
This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen. As part of Weekend Edition 's Do Try This At Home series, top chefs are sharing their cleverest hacks and tips — taking expensive, exhausting or...
View ArticleMaurice White, Founder Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Dies At 74
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The founder of Earth, Wind and Fire has died. Maurice White has Parkinson's disease for many years. He died at his home here in Los Angeles...
View ArticleDallas Has Been Called A Leader In Police Training, Transparency
The morning after a gunman targeted and killed five law enforcement officers, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings called it "ironic" that his city was the target of the worst police loss-of-life since the...
View ArticleDavid Huddleston, The Real Big Lebowski, Dies At 85
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Big Lebowski is gone - not the guy who was mistaken for him in the 1998 Coen brothers film. Of course, that's Jeff Bridges. David...
View Article'Fawlty Towers' Actor Andrew Sachs Dies At 86
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Let's pause now to remember a British actor best known for playing a Spanish waiter in a 1970s BBC series that lasted only 12 episodes -...
View ArticleWho Is Judge James L. Robart And Why Did He Block Trump's Immigration Order?
Judge James L. Robart did not have to actually rule on the legality of President Trump's executive order barring people from seven countries from entering the United States. In granting a temporary...
View ArticleComedian Don Rickles, Merciless 'Merchant Of Venom,' Dies At 90
Before Comedy Central's celebrity roasts, before American Idol 's Simon Cowell, before Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, one man abused people on TV and in clubs like no other — as one emcee introduced...
View ArticleNew TV Shows And Movies? They'll Stay In The Writer's Mind If There's A Strike
TV and film writers resumed contract negotiations Tuesday with Hollywood producers with a powerful bargaining tool. Late Monday, the Writers Guild of America said members had overwhelmingly authorized...
View ArticleJune Foray, Voice Of Rocky From 'The Bullwinkle Show,' Dies At 99
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The voice of a generation is gone - a generation of cartoon characters. June Foray has died at age 99. She was best known for her multiple...
View Article'Wonder Woman' Continues Hot Streak In Mediocre Summer For Hollywood
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been a mediocre summer so far for Hollywood box office numbers - down about 11 percent from last summer. But one movie has had...
View ArticleAmid Harassment Reports, Harvey Weinstein Takes Leave Of Absence
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is taking a leave of absence from his company following a New York Times story that he sexually harassed female assistants, executives and actresses for decades. The...
View ArticleFor Only 2nd Time, Motion Picture Academy Boots A Member: Harvey Weinstein
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: These are words you will not hear again at the Oscars. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) GWYNETH PALTROW: I would like to thank Harvey...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Scandal May Prompt A Sea Change In Hollywood
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we're seeing more fallout in the entertainment industry following sex-abuse allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. People in...
View ArticleCBS CEO Les Moonves Accused Of Sexual Harassment
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET The New Yorker magazine has published an article by Ronan Farrow detailing accusations of sexual harassment by CBS CEO Les Moonves and other men at the company. Farrow...
View ArticleAretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzPXozDgvYs Updated at 12:10 p.m. ET Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer of the...
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