Latest News from NPR

on:

NCPR is supported by:

 
Hourly Newscast
4 min., 45 sec.

Programs

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Latest Features:
U.S. War Planes Participate In Exercises In Jordan
June 17, 2013 | NPR · Jordan is hosting major military exercises known as Eager Lion 2013. More than 15,000 soldiers from 18 countries, including the U.S., will be participating. The war games kicked off as Syria's civil war rages next door.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
Iran Elects Moderate Cleric Hasan Rouhani President
June 17, 2013 | NPR · Moderate cleric Hasan Rouhani replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been in power since 2005. David Greene talks to Thomas Erdbrink, a reporter for The New York Times in Tehran, about Iran's newly elected president.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
AP
In Neville's Thrillers, Belfast's Violent Past Still Burns
June 17, 2013 | NPR · The capital of Northern Ireland is no longer the city of snipers that it was before the Good Friday Agreement, but novelist Stuart Neville still draws inspiration from the decades of violence. In The Ghosts of Belfast, he examines the shattered life of an IRA killer in the aftermath of The Troubles.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Latest Features:
G-8 Summit To Tackle Trade, Syria, Slow Economic Growth
June 17, 2013 | NPR · President Obama celebrated the unlikely peace process in Northern Ireland on Monday, before attending a G-8 summit where much of the talk is about war in Syria.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
Northern Ireland A Poignant Location For G-8 Summit
June 17, 2013 | NPR · Northern Ireland is host to this year's G-8 summit and is using the international attention to showcase local vistas, golf courses and how far the area has come since the days of brutal political violence. Melissa Block speaks with Peter Shirlow of Queen's University in Belfast about the changes he's seen and where Northern Ireland is today.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 
Calif. Wonders About Energy Future After Nuclear Plant Closes
June 17, 2013 | NPR · Summer is almost here — and in California that means it's the season to worry about rolling blackouts. There's even more cause for concern this year. The San Onofre nuclear power plant is shutting down for good. It's been off-line for more than a year after a pipe was found leaking radioactive steam. When fully operational, San Onofre produced power for more than a million homes.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest Saturday rundown




WE Saturday Feature

How U.S. Arms Will Reach Syrian Rebels
June 15, 2013 | NPR · This week the Obama administration announced it would send weapons to the Syrian rebels, because of credible evidence Syrian government forces had indeed used chemical weapons. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how Syrians are reacting to the news.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest Sunday rundown

WE Sunday Feature

Economy Was Key In Iranian Election
June 16, 2013 | NPR · Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to learn more about new Iran's president-elect, cleric Hassan Rouhani.
Windows Media | MP3 | NPR Player | Add to NPR Player
 

Latest program rundown

Coming up:

Politics

Destination: Detroit
Jan 31, 2012 — Tell Me More shares highlights from Tuesday's broadcast in Detroit, Mich.
Comments |
Girls, Guns And Grudges
Aug 26, 2011 — Jimi Izrael writes about a few films featuring girls with guns and grudges.
Comments |
Five Films In Philly
Aug 5, 2011 — Jimi Izrael's list of five films set in Philadelphia.
Comments |
Tell Me More LIVE at NABJ
Aug 3, 2011 — Michel Martin will bring the heat when she hosts a special LIVE broadcast of Tell Me More on Friday August 5, 2011 from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference in Philadelphia.
Comments |
Five Film Faces of Justice
Jul 8, 2011 — Tell Me More regular contributor Jimi Izrael shares his picks for films about justice.
Comments |
Infidelity On The Big Screen
May 20, 2011 — Author Jimi Izrael lists his top five films about the perils of infidelity.
Comments |
Whose 'Dream' Is It Now?
Jan 17, 2011 — Nine days after a gunman opened fire during a "Congress on Your Corner" gathering held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a Tucson grocery store, killing six and wounding 13, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Comments |
Obama’s Compromise Bad For Blacks?
Dec 8, 2010 — Guest blogger Lester K. Spence says African-Americans should ensure that the next compromise Obama makes isn't with the Republican Party, but with the black community.
Comments |
Reverse Racism Or Partisan Ploy?
Dec 7, 2010 — NPR's Michel Martin revisits allegations made by a former Justice Department attorney, who accused the agency of racial bias against white victims of alleged civil rights violations. The U.S. Civil Rights Commission says they agree with Adams.
Comments |
Palin For President?
Nov 19, 2010 — NPR's Alicia Montgomery says Sarah Palin and President Obama have more in common than some would think.
Comments |
more Politics from NPR