Feb 06 Skier Mikaela Shiffrin fails to complete 1st race in world championships By Associated Press Shiffrin is competing in her first major event since failing to win a medal in six starts at last year’s Beijing Olympics. Continue reading
Feb 06 Scandal-plagued National Enquirer tabloid sold By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press In December 2018 the parent company of publications including the National Enquirer, Us Weekly and In Touch admitted to engaging in a journalistically dubious practice known as “catch-and-kill” in order to help Donald Trump become president. Continue reading
Feb 06 Beyoncé breaks record with 32nd Grammy, snubbed again for top album honor By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press Harry Styles won album of the year at the Grammy Awards, taking home the top honor on a night that Beyoncé dominated and became the ceremony's most decorated artist. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 2:38 News Wrap: Navy searches for debris from downed Chinese balloon In our news wrap Sunday, Navy divers are working to recover debris from the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf died at the age of 79, and… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:49 What to expect from Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Andrew Corkery A Chinese surveillance balloon, the federal debt ceiling and Tuesday’s State of the Union address are the topics for today’s Weekend Briefing with congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins and NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:30 Why American cities are struggling to supply safe drinking water By John Yang, Claire Mufson Residents of Jackson, Mississippi; Flint, Michigan; and parts of New York City, Baltimore and the state of Hawaii have all dealt with contaminated water supply over the years. Why are so many cities having problems with their drinking water? Shannon… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 3:33 A Brief But Spectacular take on being a women’s healthcare warrior By Moe Sattar, Elizabeth Burton, Melissa Williams Dr. Donna Adams-Pickett is a practicing OB-GYN in Georgia, a state that’s known as a maternal care desert. She’s run a women’s health center there for more than two decades. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on a career… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:39 How streaming platforms are changing the way we listen to music By Stephanie Sy, Andrew Corkery Several of the nominees at this year’s Grammy Awards rose to fame and popularity on music streaming platforms like Spotify and YouTube, and social media apps like TikTok. Ann Powers, critic and correspondent for NPR Music, joins Stephanie Sy to… Continue watching
Feb 05 Biden’s State of the Union address to highlight efforts on economy By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Biden’s remarks from the House rostrum will take place in a sharply different context from a year ago. Republicans now control the chamber, rendering it unlikely that any significant legislation reaches Biden’s desk. Continue reading
Feb 05 White House offers to brief Congress on classified docs found at Trump’s home By Nomaan Merchant, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Six months after federal agents conducted an unprecedented search of a former president's home for classified documents, the White House faces bipartisan pressure to share what it found with lawmakers. Continue reading