Search results for

Lawmakers have until Friday to pass a spending bill and avert a government shutdown. Rachel Martin talks to Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus.

Critics say the Trump administration failed to properly vet Dr. Robert Redfield. Sen. Patty Murray says a past research controversy suggests a "pattern of ethically and morally questionable behavior."

A $1.3 trillion spending bill cleared the Senate early Friday, avoiding a government shutdown. Noel King talks to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who voted in favor of the bill.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alissa Walker, urbanism editor of Curbed, about the 80 percent rise in pedestrian deaths in Los Angeles since the mayor launched his initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities two years ago. This comes as pedestrian deaths nationwide are at a 33-year high.

Born in Ghana and raised in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Biney is the first African-American woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team. Her father is her biggest fan.

"There's our girl!" says Sister Peggy Geraghty as the camera pans to Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, the 98-year-old Loyola-Chicago men's basketball team chaplain.

Corrections officials are increasingly using remote appointments to handle specialized needs, such as psychiatric, cancer and cardiac care.

"This is not the time for sightseeing," the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency says. Some 35 structures have been destroyed by lava from 10 active fissures. Officials are also warning of toxic gases.

Restaurateur and cookbook author Mildred "Mama Dip" Council has died in Chapel Hill at the age of 89. For more than four decades, people have made pilgrimages to her restaurant, Mama Dip's Kitchen, to taste good, simple food and sometimes find surprises on the menu.

When he was 11 years old, Soumana Saley had never been to school — but he knew what he wanted to do with his life.