NPR

Poll: Cost Of Child Care Causes Financial Stress For Many Families

5:46pm October 26, 2016

by Patti Neighmond

The most common challenge parents face when looking for child care is the high cost. At an average cost of $10,000 a year, infant child care rivals a year's tuition at a state college or university.

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Rachel Martin has hosted Weekend Edition Sunday since 2012.

NPR Shifts Host Roles For 'Morning Edition,' 'Weekend Edition Sunday'

10:31am September 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

As Renee Montagne leaves the Morning Edition host seat, David Greene is relocating to the West Coast, Rachel Martin is moving to weekdays and Lulu Garcia-Navarro is taking over on Sundays.

Renee Montagne To Step Down As Host Of 'Morning Edition'

11:25am July 18, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

After a dozen years of arriving at work every weekday at midnight, Montagne says she's ready to try something new. She will become a special correspondent on Morning Edition.

Emergency workers search for injured passengers after an Amtrak train carrying more than 230 people from Washington, D.C., to New York derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015.

Investigators: Amtrak Engineer May Have Lost Sense Of Place Before Deadly Crash

12:48pm May 17, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The National Transportation Safety Board said Brandon Bostian might have thought he was past a curve when he accelerated to 106 mph. The derailment killed eight people.

National

Amtrak Engineer Distracted By Radio Before Deadly Derailment, NTSB Says

8:56pm May 16, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer of the speeding train that derailed last year, killing eight people, was distracted by radio transmissions, a source told NPR.

Peggy Girshman diving in Hawaii in the summer of 2015.

Peggy Girshman Gets The Last Word On Health Journalism

4:45pm May 10, 2016

Veteran NPR editor Peggy Girshman, who died in March, wrote her own eulogy, which included personal health advice and tips for better journalism. The eulogy was read at a memorial service Saturday.

Hillary Clinton Emails: 'I Only Know What I Hear On NPR' And Car Ride Flowcharts

8:40pm December 31, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The year-end release of correspondence from Clinton's time at the State Department falls short of the court-ordered requirements. 275 of the new emails have been retroactively classified.

Reporting from a Seoul cat cafe, one of the many themed cafes in Japan and Korea.

World News

Reporter's Notebook: Settling In In Seoul

4:29pm December 29, 2015

by Elise Hu

NPR opened a South Korea bureau in March. Correspondent Elise Hu offers her take on the wonder and the wackiness of life and journalism in East Asia.

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Twitter changed its "favorite" star icon to a "like" heart icon prompting largely negative responses from Twitter users. But is it the heart they hate? Or the change itself?

Why No Love For Twitter's Hearts?

5:43pm November 03, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Twitter changed its "favorite" icon from a yellow star to a red heart. Twitter users aren't loving it, but NPR's social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam predicts it's just a matter of time.

Human Interest

NPR's Kelly McEvers On Syria, #15Girls, And Hosting All Things Considered

12:46pm October 28, 2015

by Sean Bueter

By now, public radio listeners know Kelly McEvers.

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