Latest News from NPR

on:

NCPR is supported by:

 
Hourly Newscast
4 min., 45 sec.

Programs

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Latest Features:
Rescuers Check Piles Of Debris For Survivors In Moore, Okla.
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Search and rescue teams continue digging through the rubble of demolished buildings in Moore, Okla., after Monday's devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs. Officials there say there are still some people unaccounted for — exactly how many isn't clear.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
House, Senate Consider Cuts In Food Stamp Program
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Both the House and Senate are considering farm bills that would cut spending on food stamps, one of the most expensive government programs. But people disagree on how much the changes would affect recipients.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
The New York Times
Boomer Housemates Have More Fun
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Some single baby boomers are moving into group houses, a college-era solution to their modern needs. Housemates share costs, socialize, and cheer each other on through life's thick and thin.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Latest Features:

Latest Saturday rundown




WE Saturday Feature

AP
Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest Sunday rundown

WE Sunday Feature

Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Policy

Google Execs Say 'The Power Of Information Is Underrated'
Apr 23, 2013 — Is it naive to believe that improved Internet access can help open up truly autocratic regimes like North Korea? Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, authors of The New Digital Age, say the power of information is underrated.
Launch in player | Comments |
Facebook's Online Speech Rules Keep Users On A Tight Leash
Apr 3, 2013 — Social networks now hold tremendous power to regulate online speech. Their rules for allowable comments, art and video govern billions of posts worldwide each day. And while Twitter users enjoy a great deal of freedom, Facebook has relatively tight restrictions on what users can say and see.
Launch in player | Comments |
Why The Library Of Congress Has A Lock On Your Phone
Mar 6, 2013 — Few of us own the music we listen or the movies we watch in exactly the same way we did a decade ago. And today if you buy a smartphone from a cellphone company, what you can legally do with it — how and where you can use it — may be proscribed even if that phone is fully bought and paid for.
Launch in player | Comments |
Why Is Google Exec Interested In North Korea?
Jan 7, 2013 — Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has landed in North Korea. His trip there is a bit of a mystery. North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, recently set out a series of policy goals that included expanding science and technology as a way to improve the North Korean economy in 2013.
Comments |
Some Schools Actually Want Students To Play With Their Smartphones In Class
Oct 3, 2012 — Smartphones and tablets can be a big distraction to students, but some schools are embracing these Internet-ready mobile devices as tools for learning. Bring-your-own-device policies have benefits in the classroom, but there are drawbacks, too.
Launch in player | Comments |
ICANN's Call For New Domain Names Brings Criticism, And $357 Million
Jun 14, 2012 — The corporation that regulates the Internet plans to increase the number of "top level" domains from the current 22 to 1,000 domains starting in early 2013. The proposed domains offer a cross-section of the Internet — what we use it for, and where the money is.
Comments |
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Says More Wireless Spectrum Is Major Goal
Jan 7, 2011 — As we increasingly use wireless devices to stream movies and video, it is going to strain the current wireless infrastructure.
Comments |
Pirates Turn Deaf Ear To Independent Filmmaker
Nov 30, 2010 — An Independent filmmaker finds no sympathy for her quest to make a living from making art when she engages with an online advocate for the end of the current copyright system.
Comments |
A $35 Tablet For Education? Cost Isn't The Only Factor To Consider
Jul 28, 2010 — India has prototyped a $35 Linux-powered tablet that it hopes to distribute to millions of students. Despite the ever-decreasing cost of computing power and components, the announcement last week raised some skeptical eyebrows.
Comments |
Google Awaits China's Next Move
Jun 29, 2010 — Controlling the flow of online information is like trying to win at Whack-A-Mole. That's, essentially, the game that Google and China are playing with each other over the filtering of search results.
Comments |
more Policy from NPR