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Mexican TV Icon Roberto Gómez Bolaños Dies At 85
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Roberto Gomez Bolanos or Chespirito, as he was known by millions of fans, died at his home in Cancun, Mexico...
View Article'Always Giving Us Hope': Friends, Family Remember Murdered Hostage
American photojournalist Luke Somers, who was killed by al-Qaida militants in Yemen on Saturday, was described by those who knew him as passionate, inspiring and committed to the Yemeni people.Somers...
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NFL Owners OK Stiffer Penalties For Domestic Violence, Other Crimes
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View ArticleColorado Pushes For Concealed Guns In K-12 Schools
Patrick Neville was a 15-year-old sophomore at Columbine High School in 1999.
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In Fourth Year Of Drought, Many Calif. Farms Won't Get Federal Water
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. California is entering its fourth year of severe...
View ArticleMayweather, Pacquiao Will Brawl For Boxing's Richest Purse Ever
There's some disagreement — even between the match's promoters — on where the upcoming mega-fight will rank in the greatest bouts of all time.Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr.
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Rev. Robert Schuller, 'Hour Of Power' Host, Dies at 88
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: An influential religious figure in the U.S. has died. Robert Schuller was the founder of the Crystal Cathedral...
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California's Ongoing Drought Hits Water Recreation Businesses
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We've been reporting on California's record drought and the impact it's having on the state's economy. The...
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Oil-Soaked Wildlife Turn Up On California Coast, As Cleanup Efforts Continue
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: Let's go now to Santa Barbara County, Calif., where as much as 105,000 gallons of crude oil spilled out from a...
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California Rules An Uber Driver Is An Employee, Not A Contractor
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: A ruling in California could have big implications for Uber and its business model.
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U.S. Women's Soccer Team Kicks Off Victory Tour In L.A.
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now to a victory tour that kicked off today in Los Angeles. The U.S. women's soccer team is back from Canada,...
View ArticleWildfires In Canada And Alaska Drive Thousands From Homes
"Extreme.""Unprecedented.""Historic." Those are just a few of the words being used to describe the start of this year's fire season in North America.The wildfires are centered in the northwest of the...
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Alaska Wildfires Could Smolder On For Months
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Hundreds of fires are burning across the state of Alaska, blackening nearly 5 million acres of thick forest and...
View ArticleBeneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon's Thaw
The Fish Creek Fire in Interior Alaska isn't much to look at. It's about 7,500 acres in size, sitting about an hour south of Fairbanks near the twisty Tanana River. The main fire front — the...
View ArticleFight To Save The Sage Grouse Finds Friends In All Corners Of The West
The greater sage grouse is a peculiar and distinctly Western bird. It's about the size of a chicken and about as adaptable as the dodo bird, which is to say it's not very adaptable at all — at least...
View ArticleLas Vegas Residents Show Up In Droves To Donate Blood After Massacre
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There were more than 20,000 people at the outdoor concert last night when the shooting started. It was during the last act of a three-day...
View ArticleLas Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Was A High-Level Gambler
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We don't know much about what motivated the Las Vegas shooter, but one thing we do know about Stephen Paddock is that he gambled a lot. NPR's...
View ArticleCalif. Wildfires Force Residents To Evacuate In A Moment's Notice
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: In Northern California, the death toll continues to rise. This is where there are more than a dozen destructive wildfires that are burning out...
View ArticleHundreds Missing In Northern California Where Fires Continue To Burn
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The wildfires in northern California are now the deadliest in that state's history. At least 35 people have died. Entire neighborhoods and...
View ArticleWant Less Wildfire? Prescribe More Fire, Ecologists Say
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here in California, fire officials say they are close to fully containing all of those fires still burning in the northern part of the state....
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