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Opinion: Mark Carney's warning and its echoes from the past
When he spoke at Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced a 1978 essay by Vaclav Havel, written when Czechoslovakia was under …
4 months ago
Netflix reboots 'Star Search'
Netflix's "Star Search" reboot features host Anthony Anderson and judges Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen. The original helped pr…
4 months ago
Week in Politics: Trump in Davos; Longtime allies regard the U.S. with reserve
President Trump announced a framework for a deal on U.S. involvement in Greenland, without details, in Switzerland this week. He also appeared increa…
4 months ago
Meteorologist Barry Brandt in Arkansas discusses the winter storm affecting much of the U.S.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to KATV-TV Chief Meteorologist Barry Brandt about the winter storm's effects on Little Rock, Ark.
4 months ago
How residents are coping as they brace for a major winter storm
The fierce winter storm is predicted to bring a foot of snow, or more, and catastrophic ice and freezing rain to a huge swath of the eastern U.S. We …
4 months ago
Why 3 Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of Trump's foreign policy
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administr…
4 months ago
Saturday Sports: NFL Conference championships; the Australian Open
NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant preview conference championship weekend in the NFL.
4 months ago
What is 'frost crack' and how does it affects trees?
Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the Wisconsin Department of…
4 months ago
How Americans feel about the economy and their spending habits
Americans are still spending money, which is helping drive solid economic growth, but a large share of that spending is being done by a relatively sm…
4 months ago
ICE says it has arrested more than 100 people in Maine this week
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested more than 100 people so far in Maine as part of an ongoing, large-scale operation that began…
4 months ago