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  • How A Tweet On CBS' Mandela Misstep Sparked A Social Media Flare-Up
    CBS This Morning used Toto's "Africa" as the song to play over a montage of photos showing the Nelson Mandela memorial service. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans tweeted about it, and soon even Toto's co-founder was weighing in.
  • New regs for driver's licenses
    By George Olsenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-676137.mp3New regs for driver's licensesNew Bern, NC – INTRO - State and…
  • There has been a recent push for humanist chaplains in the United States military. Around 13,000 active service members are atheist or agnostic. Here, U.S. Army soldiers bow their heads in prayer during Easter sunrise service at Camp Liberty in Iraq, in 2009.
    Should Military Chaplains Have To Believe In God?
    An Oxford-trained theologian named Jason Heap, who doesn't believe in God, wants to become the first humanist chaplain in the U.S. Navy. That's sparked a backlash, though there are 13,000 active duty service members who identify as atheists or agnostics.
  • Saltaire is one of the vacation villages on New York's Fire Island where Verizon has replaced copper landlines with home wireless connections.
    Residents Forced To Live Without Landlines
    Verizon has taken the first step to replace copper lines with a home cellular connection in coastal areas hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. But many customers don't like the new phone connection, saying the new technology is inferior to traditional landlines.
  • Marines Have Turned Helmand Fight Over To Afghans
    The Taliban conducted a series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan this week, killing civilians, Afghan forces and several NATO service members. But they are targeting far fewer NATO troops these days, because those troops are focused on training and advising the Afghan army. NPR's Sean Carberry spent five days with U.S. Marines in one of Afghanistan's chronic hot spots and speaks with host Scott Simon.
  • The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to make sure foster youth who receive Social Security benefits have access to those checks. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, co-sponsor of the motion, said the new directive is a "game changer."
    Los Angeles County Moves To Get More Money Into The Hands Of Foster Youth
    Los Angeles County plans to ensure foster youth who get Social Security can use the money later, going against the common practice of child welfare agencies nationwide to use benefits to pay for care.
  • The Names Of 2,977 Victims Of The 9/11 Attacks Read At Ground Zero
    NPR is following the ceremony and services commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City.
  • Bags of garbage pile up on a New Orleans street on Friday. Trash collection delays have left some residents outraged at the city's contractors.
    Weeks-Old Garbage Is Stinking Up New Orleans. Residents Had A Trash Parade In Protest
    In New Orleans, some residents are still living with the trash from Hurricane Ida, more than three weeks after the storm. Residents and city officials are outraged at the delays in trash pickups.
  • The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain at Bryant Park in New York City was frozen on Tuesday, as New Yorkers return to work after the holiday break.
    Extreme Cold Grips Much Of The U.S.
    2018 is off to a frigid start. From Texas to the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, temperatures are significantly lower than average, with sometimes fatal consequences.
  • A federal judge has approved Puerto Rico's exit from bankruptcy
    Puerto Rico entered bankruptcy in 2016 after it stopped making payments on more than $70 billion of loans. The deal was struck with the island's creditors, and opens the path to economic recovery.
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