#Breaking For Many Native Americans, Fall Is The Least Wonderful Time Of The Year "Fall is the annual middle finger this country gives Native Americans," says one member of the Oglala Lakota nation. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Adult Siblings Can Make Our Lives Healthier And Happier Our sibling relationships are the longest-lasting family ties we have, and can help us weather the pains and challenges of adulthood, including illness and the death of parents. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA This Thanksgiving A Majority Would Prefer To Hold The Side Of Political Talk In the latest NPR Politics Podcast, we explain why Democrats and Republicans are feeling so differently about the inevitable talk of politics during the Thanksgiving holiday. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Is Sports A Safe Conversation Topic At Thanksgiving Anymore? Sports commentator Pablo Torre tells NPR's Noel King about how to navigate conversation at Thanksgiving dinner now that sports has become so politicized it's no longer a go-to safe space. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA 'Just Time Together': For Some Workers, A Thanksgiving Off Is A Rare Treat For millions of Americans working in retail, Thanksgiving is the start to the most intense stretch of the year. One woman shares the story of her first Thanksgiving without a work shift in 23 years. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Search Continues For Missing Sailors After Navy Plane Crash In Philippine Sea Three sailors are still missing after the C-2A Greyhound transport plane went down on Tuesday. Eight others have been rescued. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Federal Judge Blocks New Texas Anti-Abortion Law Texas sought to ban a common procedure for ending second-term pregnancies. Courts in four other states have blocked similar laws. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Retailers To Online Shoppers: Be Patient With Delivery, Get Perks In reaction to a recent decision by UPS to add a peak holiday delivery surcharge, some retailers are adding rewards and discounts for customers who choose "no hurry" slower delivery options. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA After Default, Venezuela's Fiscal Woes Spiral While Prosecutors Focus On Corruption After months of popular unrest, President Nicolas Maduro appears to have cemented his grip on power. But the towering economic troubles that helped inspire that unrest are only getting worse. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Trump Organization Cuts Ties To Controversial SoHo Hotel The building — part hotel, part condo — from which Trump had continued to profit as president, potentially linked him to murky financing arrangements and allegations of fraud. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Video Shows North Korean Soldier's Dramatic Sprint Across Border Newly-released CCTV footage released shows a jeep speeding through the countryside near the DMZ. Inside is a North Korean soldier making a desperate escape. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Remembering The 'Monstrous' Legacy Of Ratko Mladic Mladic's conviction "serves as a reminder of the evil one man can do with an army at his command," writes NPR's Tom Gjelten, who covered the war in Bosnia in the 1990s. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Secretary Of State Tillerson Considering Action In Response To Rohingya Attacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he believes the attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar amounts to ethnic cleansing. He's considering targeted sanctions in response. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Local Opposition To The American Presence In Okinawa Is Growing On Sunday, a U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan, drunkenly crashed his truck into another vehicle, killing the driver. NPR's Elise Hu talks with Anna Fifield, Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post about what the incident means for the American military presence in Okinawa. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Former U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty To Sexual Abuse A former U.S. Olympic gymnastics team doctor pleaded guilty today to child sexual abuse. Larry Nassar admitted to abusing young girls under the guise of medical treatment. It was a surreal, emotional moment – especially for survivors who say they reported the abuse years ago. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Companies Are Trying To Get Shoppers Back In The Stores With Doorbusters Stores are bringing back doorbuster deals that are available in-store only — a gambit to get more people physically shopping on the Thanksgiving weekend. One of the best discounts this year is 4K televisions. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA What The End To Net Neutrality Means For Internet Streaming NPR's Elise Hu talks to former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler about what the FCC decision to end so-called net neutrality means and what it will mean to consumers of internet streaming. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA How To Survive Uncomfortable Holiday Dinner Conversations Family dynamics during Thanksgiving can be hard to navigate when political opinions collide. Advice columnist Heather Havrilesky shares her tips for how to avoid, diffuse, or otherwise deal with blow-ups during the holidays. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Trump Administration Has More Than 250 Unfilled Jobs Hundreds of jobs remain unfilled in the Trump administration, and many are being held by temporary appointees. But a federal law limits how long those temps can serve, and many are bumping up against the end of their terms. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Zimbabwe Has A New Leader After President Robert Mugabe Resigned Zimbabwe's new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived back in the country and addressed the people about how he'll replace longtime ruler Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa returned from a self-imposed exile after Mugabe fired him from his vice president role. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA 8 Rescued, 3 Missing After U.S. Navy Aircraft Crash A C-2 Navy supply plane with 11 people aboard crashed in the Pacific while enroute to the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. Eight people were recovered in good shape and three remain missing. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Bosnian Journalist Says Conviction Of Ratko Mladic Doesn't Mean Closure NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bosnian journalist Nidzara Ahmetasevic about the conviction of Ratko Mladic for war crimes and committing genocide during a conflict in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA Colorado Launches First In The Nation Post-Election Audits It's the first state to try the method on a statewide basis. The audits involve a ten-sided die, a software algorithm and the assumption that "the reported winner didn't really win." Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA 'Detroit Free Press' Editorial Board Says Rep. John Conyers 'Must Go' Stephen Henderson is Editorial Page Editor of the Detroit Free Press. The paper published an editorial on Wednesday calling for Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Detroit, to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct and using public money to settle harassment claims. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Henderson about Conyers' legacy and how his constituents are reacting to calls for his resignation. Read more on NPR
#Breaking #News #USA What Kind Of Future Should America's Favorite Spectator Sport Expect? Tomorrow a holiday tradition — Thanksgiving and the NFL. Fans have three different games they can devour, but TV ratings are down as controversy has dogged America's number one spectator sport. Is the future of the NFL at risk? Read more on NPR