From Dixie Chicks To Rihanna: Our Music Predictions For 2020
NPR Music's Ann Powers and Rodney Carmichael discuss albums they're looking forward to, as well as the artists they're begging to come back. (Image credit: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
View Article'Scary Moms' Are Part Of The Citizen War Against Pollution In Pakistan
Environmental advocates in smog-choked Lahore say the Pakistani government has long downplayed the problem of air pollution. That might be changing. (Image credit: Diaa Hadid/NPR)
View ArticleBolton Says He Would Testify In Senate Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed
Former national security adviser John Bolton could provide previously undisclosed information about President Trump's withholding of aid to Ukraine. (Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
View ArticleIran's Foreign Minister: U.S. Strike On Soleimani An Act Of Terrorism And War
Speaking with NPR in Tehran on Tuesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. "will pay" for the attack that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani last week. (Image credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)
View ArticleStampede At Funeral For Iran's Soleimani Kills At Least 32, Injures Scores
Iranian television said the stampede took place in Kerman, Soleimani's hometown, where the Quds Force commander slain in a U.S. airstrike last week was to be buried. (Image credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty...
View ArticleFacebook Issues New Rules On Deepfake Videos, Targeting Misinformation
Facebook isn't banning all deepfake videos. It will allow the technique to be used in parodies or satire, for instance. (Image credit: Richard Drew/AP)
View ArticleEconomics Still Has A Diversity Problem
Despite decades of work, there's been little or no progress on increasing diversity in economics. (Image credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
View ArticlePuerto Rico Declares State Of Emergency After Quake Rocks Residents Awake
"We have not been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years," Gov. Wanda Vázquez says. The 6.4 magnitude quake left at least one person dead and knocked out most of the island's power. (Image...
View ArticleTranscript: NPR's Full Interview With Iran's Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke to All Things Considered's Mary Louise Kelly about heightened tensions between Iran and the United States after the U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani. (Image credit: Elias...
View ArticleMike Pompeo On Drone Strike That Killed Iran's Top Military Leader: 'We Got...
"Every target that's being reviewed, every effort that's being made, will always be conducted inside the international laws of war," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said of potential strikes on Iran....
View ArticleElizabeth Wurtzel, Who Stirred Conversation With 'Prozac Nation,' Dies At 52
The 1994 memoir opened a national dialogue about clinical depression and introduced readers to Wurtzel's brash, unapologetic voice. Wurtzel died of breast cancer at a Manhattan hospital Tuesday....
View ArticleBorder Screenings Spark Travel Fears For Iranian-Americans Amid Rising Tensions
As many as 200 Iranian-Americans were held for questioning at a border crossing near Seattle. Some Iranian-Americans are so concerned that they are canceling plans to travel abroad. (Image credit:...
View ArticleIndia Sets Executions For The Four Men Convicted In New Delhi Bus Rape And...
The men were convicted of the notorious 2012 attack on a college student who has become known in Indian media as "Nirbhaya," or "Fearless." (Image credit: AP)
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