Teachers Struggle With How To Characterize Vulgar GOP Rhetoric
The GOP presidential race has been brutal and often vulgar. So how do you talk to kids about it? NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Chris Wolak, a government teacher in Aurora, Ill.
The GOP presidential race has been brutal and often vulgar. So how do you talk to kids about it? NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Chris Wolak, a government teacher in Aurora, Ill.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Republican strategist and former top Mitt Romney aide, Katie Packer, about launching Our Principles PAC, a group aimed at blocking Donald Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination.
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are on the ballot in two more primaries Tuesday in Michigan and Mississippi. Clinton could significantly extend her delegate lead over Sanders with wins in both states.
New York City has become safer, richer and much more crowded than it used to be. It's also much harder to find somewhere to live.
Republicans hold contests in four states Tuesday: Idaho, Hawaii, Michigan and Mississippi. Donald Trump is trying to extend his delegate lead, while Ted Cruz looks to pick up momentum after recent wins.
Authorities in Oregon say the shooting of militant LaVoy Finicum during the occupation of an federal wildlife refuge earlier this year was justified.
Michigan votes Tuesday, and it is the second most populous state to weigh in this primary season. Voters in Mississippi cast ballots Tuesday as well, along with Republican loyalists in Idaho and Hawaii. NPR looks at what's at stake in these four states.
Kim Kardashian's recent tweets were 100 percent Kim. The 35-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, who fired back at Bette Midler, Chloë Grace Moretz and Piers...
A town in Kent has written to the Queen to remind her about an alleged 450-year-old debt they estimate to have now grown to £8 billion
Amplify Snack Brands Inc.'s stock soared 11% in after-hours trade, after the maker of Skinny Pop popcorn reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations, and provided an upbeat outlook for the current year. Earnings for the latest quarter rose to $4.4 million, or 6 cents a share, from $2.6 million, or 4 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding non-recurring items, adjusted earnings per share came to 13 cents, above the FactSet consensus of 10 cents. Revenue increased 40% to $46.4 million... Читать дальше...
When the Chinese pianist Haochen Zhang was awarded half of the gold medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition (he shared top honors with Japanese virtuoso Nobuyuki Tsujii), he became both the first Chinese artist to win the award and, at 19, the youngest performer to do so. Born in Shanghai, he began performing there at 5, and then came to the U.S. to study with the renowned performer and pedagogue Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. [...] his recital programs have included both... Читать дальше...
Burgeoning star Kygo premiered his forthcoming release with Labrinth "Fragile" as special guests on Norway’s Late Night With...
New York City’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Nisha Agarwal said that ore than a hundred mayors from cities and counties across the United States filed an amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to support President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration.
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The Extraordinary Raw Materials in a Tesla Model S
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The Tesla Model S is the world’s most-wanted electric car, with 100,000 units already sold as of December 2015.
Critics have lauded the car for its impressive safety rating, range, and design. However, it is also worth considering that it is the incredible raw materials that go into the Tesla Model S that help to make all of these things possible. Читать дальше...
High-yield bonds have bounced back from the winter's lows, but junk-rated bonds could do much better this year if oil keeps making gains.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya, including a range of potential air strikes against training camps, command centers, munitions depots and other militant targets. The scope of the military plan surprised some senior administration officials, and it drew warnings from some State Department officials that such air strikes, if not coordinated properly, could jeopardize the... Читать дальше...
It’s a DJ feast at Omnia in Caesars Palace with Calvin Harris joined by Australian star Generek, while DJ Irie is behind the wheels of steel at nearby Heart of Omnia. Charles Fleischer and Chase DuRousseau headline at the Improv in Harrah’s through Sunday.
The best type of musical humor is the one that proceeds from a deep understanding of its subject, and expects to find the same sort of understanding in its audience. From Anna Russell and Victor Borge through P.D.Q. Bach and Dudley Moore, classical music has nurtured a strain of comic performance that trades on solid performing skills to make its punch lines land. Joining that tradition are the duo of violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo, who make their first local appearance this weekend in Davies Symphony Hall.
Feeling the squeeze of new sanctions, Pyongyang is taking plethora of "decapitation strike" reports from South Korean media very seriously
Busy Philipps and her daughter Birdie, 7, flash a smile together while attending the Monique Lhuillier For Pottery Barn Kids Collection Launch Celebration held at Lombardi House on Saturday (March 5) in Hollywood. The 36-year-old actress was joined by pregnant JoAnna Garcia Swisher and her daughter Emerson, 2, Tiffani Thiessen and her husband Brady Smith [...]
We introduce a new fan vote feature on today's NASCAR America.
The former wrestler testified in court Tuesday that he was playing a character and often embellished his stories on TV and radio appearances.
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"I choose violence."
Game of Thrones' sixth season premieres April 24 on HBO, and we now have our first real taste of what it might look like thanks to a full trailer. Prepare yourself: It is bleak.
Set to the plaintive tune of James Vincent McMorrow's "Wicked Game" (get it?), the trailer shows characters from all across Westeros questioning themselves and trying to move forward while making dire declarations and furrowing their brows.
We see Jon Snow (Kit Harington), lying... Читать дальше...