Ariana Grande has sold millions of records. Now her grandma has a record tooNinety-eight-year-old Marjorie "Nonna" Grande has become the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100. She's featured in granddaughter's song "Ordinary Things."NPR1 hour ago
The Royal Mint has a new 'Star Wars' coin featuring the Millennium FalconIt's part of a series honoring the 40th anniversary of the Return of the Jedi featuring iconic ships of the franchise. Later coins will feature the X-Wing Starfighter, TIE Fighter...ResumeNPR00:281 hour ago
Morning news briefFamine may already be sweeping through northern Gaza. A report finds standard pregnancy care is dangerously disrupted in Louisiana. Five states hold their presidential primaries Tuesday.ResumeNPR11:222 hours ago
Biden administration bans the final kind of asbestos still legal in the U.S.NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ellie Borst, who covers chemicals for Politico's E&E News, about the EPA joining more than 50 other countries that have already outlawed chrysotile asbestos.NPR2 hours ago
Biden signs an executive order to help with women's health researchNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, on the new $12 billion initiative on women's health research, signed by President Biden on...ResumeNPR05:122 hours ago
Ga. inmate seeks clemency to avoid state's first execution in more than 4 yearsThe Georgia parole board will hear an appeal from a death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday. Advocates say he is intellectually challenged and should not...ResumeNPR02:322 hours ago
Standardized test scores for teens in Germany are down. Teachers aren't surprisedGermany's public schools are struggling with a surge of students whose first language is something other than German. Test scores are falling.ResumeNPR03:572 hours ago
Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai has a hit television showBased on a best-selling book, Blossoms Shanghai is Wong Kar-wai's first foray into television, and it's taken China by storm. Why has the 30-part series become such a hit?ResumeNPR04:522 hours ago
A bill to legalize syringe services in Pennsylvania faces many challengesPennsylvania is one of a dozen states where providing drug users with clean syringes to help prevent infection is not authorized. Now there's a push to change the state law.ResumeNPR03:442 hours ago
Voting is underway to decide which video games will be selected for hall of fameThe Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has announced the 12 finalists for this year. After a public vote, four will be inducted into the Hall of Fame...ResumeNPR02:202 hours ago
Arizona, which has a big independent electorate up for grabs, holds a primaryFive more states hold primaries Tuesday. Arizona is among some of the most closely watched races this election cycle. What do President Biden and former President trump have to do...ResumeNPR03:352 hours ago
Caitlin Clark helps to draw attention to the women's NCAA basketball tournamentBesides the hype for Caitlin Clark, the women's all-time college scoring leader, NPR's Michel Martin gets the highlights of the women's bracket with Ben Pickman of The Athletic.ResumeNPR03:362 hours ago
Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cashThe pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help. HUD, the federal housing agency, is interested in...ResumeNPR04:582 hours ago
Minnesota joins other states pressuring packaging firms to make materials recyclableAs packaging waste piles up by the tons, some Minnesota lawmakers press to make companies ensure their materials are recyclable.ResumeNPR03:502 hours ago
'Top Chef' is back with a new season and the new host won Season 10NPR's A Martinez talks to chef Kristen Kish about her journey from competing to hosting the long running competition. The new season begins Wednesday on Bravo.ResumeNPR06:522 hours ago
Standard pregnancy care is now dangerously disrupted in Louisiana, report revealsA troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.NPR2 hours ago
A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you're talking aboutThe NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)NPR2 hours ago
New data shows it's gotten easier to vote in the U.S. since 2000Nearly 97% of voting-age U.S. citizens now live in a state with some form of early voting, according to a new report.NPR2 hours ago
A refugee family was going hungry — until a fast food manager risked his job to helpAfter fleeing to the U.S. from the Soviet Union, River Adams was struggling to survive. Then a kind gesture changed everything.NPR2 hours ago
Taylor Swift college classes are a thing nowPopular classes at Harvard and Berklee College of Music use Taylor Swift as a tool to teach songwriting, literature and cultural analysis.Arts & Culture2 hours ago
For the 68 orphans saved from Rafah, the road to recovery is likely to be a long oneThe 68 children without parental care are getting a reprieve from war, but children who experience armed conflict often face long-lasting impacts when it comes to their mental health and...NPR2 hours ago
Dreaming of sleep? You could try a 'sleep vacation'From pillow menus to sleep rituals, for National Sleep Awareness Month we pull back the covers on “sleep tourism.”ResumeArts & Culture05:04Mar 18, 2024
Pressure builds to end legacy preferences in college admissionsEven if a state ban doesn't become law this year, education policy experts say the effort could play an important role in challenging a practice that impedes equitable access to...ResumeEducation05:19Mar 14, 2024
Your inhaler saves lives, but its puffs hurt the planetIn an emergency, an inhaler can save a life. But the gas it releases contributes to global warming. Each of the most commonly prescribed inhalers has about the same climate...ResumeEnvironment04:14Mar 14, 2024
Boston reparations task force will not complete work by end-of-year targetThe task force's chair said the group is still gathering research and does not expect to make its recommendations until 2025.ResumeLocal Coverage04:23Mar 8, 2024
Mass. promised to 'significantly reduce' public housing vacancies. The effort barely made a dentAfter a 2023 WBUR and ProPublica investigation found that almost 2,300 state-funded apartments were sitting empty, the state promised action within 90 days. But it failed to fix key problems,...ResumeInvestigations03:51Mar 7, 2024
Brockton resident and NAACP board member says issues at high school stem from mental healthNational NAACP board member Michael Curry is also a Brockton resident whose two sons recently graduated from the school, and has been outspoken about issues there. He joined WBUR's Morning...ResumeEducation04:15Mar 5, 2024
Life imitates art for actor Petey Gibson in A.R.T.’s ‘Becoming A Man’Gibson got his start in Cambridge’s underground theater scene. Now he returns as the main character in P. Carl’s play about his mid-life gender transition.ResumeArts & Culture02:28Mar 1, 2024
A landlord's 2-year, $80,000 effort to evict a non-paying tenant“There are people who know how to make the system fail for a property owner,” said Doug Quattrochi, head of the nonprofit MassLandlords.ResumeLocal Coverage07:42Feb 27, 2024
Trump, Haley and the Mass GOP's future is on the primary ballotTrump is the dominant force among the Massachusetts GOP, but Nikki Haley supporters insist the fight for the nomination is not over.ResumeLocal Coverage04:40Feb 26, 2024
I was the first baby born via IVF in the U.S. For the first time in my 42 years, ‘I feel like an endangered species’No one understands better than the infertility community that embryos are not children, writes Elizabeth Carr. Success in IVF means bringing home a baby, not solely creating embryos. ResumeCognoscenti03:56Feb 26, 2024
How Boston played an 'instrumental' role in the Underground RailroadMorning Edition host Rupa Shenoy sat down with historian Kellie Carter Jackson to learn a piece of Boston's Black History. She's an associate professor at Wellesley College who focuses on...ResumeLocal Coverage04:31Feb 22, 2024
How the immigration debate is roiling Mass. politicsIn one local example, Republican Peter Durant won his election last year to the state Senate after immigration became a dominant topic in the campaign.ResumeLocal Coverage04:49Feb 15, 2024
Milton voters reject multifamily rezoning planThe plan would have brought the town into compliance with a state law that requires towns and cities along MBTA corridors to allow for higher density housing.ResumeLocal Coverage04:24Feb 15, 2024
The key to a penguin's heart? Oily fish and a plastic crateThe New England Aquarium participates in a species survival plan to protect endangered African penguins from extinction. A key part of the program is carefully controlled breeding to preserve the...ResumeEnvironment03:21Feb 14, 2024
One-way streets, the T and hip-hop on the radio. Your letters to BostonWhat are the snapshot moments that make Boston home? Is it navigating a maze of one-way streets from memory? Walking through Forest Hills Cemetery with a giant iced Dunkin’? Memories...ResumeCognoscenti07:40Feb 14, 2024
Cape Cod's 'power couple of pee-cycling' wants you to save that liquid goldCape Cod communities are spending millions to install sewers and upgrade wastewater treatment plants. But a growing number of people say urine diversion or "pee-cycling" deserves a closer look. The...ResumeEnvironment05:52Feb 12, 2024
Cape Cod needs to clean up its water. The solutions could cost billionsCape Cod’s iconic bays and ponds have suffered from decades of wastewater pollution, mostly coming from people’s homes. Tough new regulations are forcing communities on the Cape to clean up...ResumeEnvironment05:52Feb 12, 2024
How Mass. officials can help prevent medical facilities from collapsingThe struggling financial situation at Steward Health Care has raised questions about oversight and what the state might do to preserve hospitals. Alan Sager, Boston University professor of health law,...ResumeLocal Coverage04:13Feb 9, 2024