'Soup For Syria': Chefs Share Recipes To Raise Funds For Refugees
Barbara Massaad was watching a TV news program about the plight of Syrian refugees from her apartment in the suburbs of Beirut when she decided to visit a refugee camp herself. "I just wanted to go and...
View ArticleDolls With Disabilities Escape The Toy Hospital, Go Mainstream
When Dominika Tamley chose "Isebelle," her American Girl doll, she picked a toy whose hair and eye color matched her own. But the 10-year-old is quick to point out that's not the only way the doll...
View ArticleFamously Eccentric Comedian Irwin Corey Dies At 102
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Irwin Corey described himself as the world's foremost authority. The famously eccentric comedian was kidding of course, but it took a special...
View ArticleWriters Guild Of America Reaches A Tentative Deal With Studios
Hollywood has solved another cliffhanger. A massive writers' strike was narrowly averted Tuesday, as a tentative agreement was reached between the members of the Writers Guild of America and the group...
View ArticleWith 'Check Please,' A Comics Creator Rewrites The Rules — And Scores
The creator of one of the most popular hockey-themed web comics — yes, that's a thing — does not even know how to ice skate. Ngozi Ukazu created "Check Please," about a sweet-natured Southern hockey...
View ArticleYoko Ono Joins John Lennon With Credit Line For Writing 'Imagine'
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And here's one more item for your gender politics file. For nearly 50 years, credit for this song - "Imagine" - has gone to one writer - John...
View Article60 Years Ago, 2 Boys Met And The Beatles Began
Sixty years ago, two young musicians happened upon each other in Liverpool, England, in a meeting that would change the course of popular music forever. It was July 6, 1957. John Lennon , then 16, was...
View Article'Game Of Thrones' Finds Fans Among Disability Rights Activists, Too
One of the main characters on HBO's hit series, Game of Thrones , is paralyzed. Another has lost his right hand. We've met an important character with a severe skin disorder and another with an...
View ArticleThe YouTube Star Who's Teaching Kids How To Bake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh_Neg-Hp84 Rosanna Pansino broke into the world of nerdy baking videos in 2011 with a cheap $80 camera and a boxed cake mix. Actually, it's entirely possible that...
View ArticleCelebrated Playwright And Actor Sam Shepard Dies
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actor and playwright Sam Shepard has died. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE RIGHT STUFF") SAM SHEPARD: (As Chuck Yeager) I think I see a plane over...
View ArticleScholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: If you've watched videos of white supremacist rallies and marches across the U.S., you may have noticed people dressed up as crusaders from the...
View ArticlePolice Departments Deploy Garbage Trucks To Block Vehicle Attacks In Crowds
You might know it as a garbage truck. But to police departments around the country, it has become a cutting-edge tool in law enforcement. "More and more, we're seeing attacks both in the U.S. and...
View ArticleKazuo Ishiguro Is Awarded Nobel Prize In Literature
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This year's Nobel Prize for literature goes to a Japanese-born British writer who is best known for his 1989 novel "The Remains Of The Day."...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Expelled From The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has decided to expel Harvey Weinstein after the producer was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing at least three dozen women in...
View ArticleBats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands
At a Halloween happy hour recently in Washington, D.C., a small crowd gathered to celebrate the relationship between bats and spirits. Not spooky spirits. Instead, think tequila and mescal. "We're here...
View ArticleA Bird, A Beak And A 3-D Printer
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right, we're now going to hear a doctor describing what's going to happen to a patient during a cutting-edge medical procedure. JAMES...
View ArticleWith 'Blade Of The Immortal,' Director Takashi Miike Marks His 100th Film
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Would you like a little distraction? There's a new movie that's being described as one of the most over-the-top samurai movies ever made....
View ArticleKachka: The Word That Saved A Family During WWII And Inspired A Chef
On a sunny weekday afternoon, chef Bonnie Morales leads me past the Q subway line in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. We are going shopping for Russian food. Morales owns Kachka , a...
View ArticleThe Healing Sound Of A Broken Orchestra
In a cheerful rehearsal room at Temple University, a few dozen professional musicians inspect the instruments that they'll be playing to debut an audacious piece of music by a Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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