NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 02:58:37 +0000 http://www.klcc.org/post/arizona-prison-denying-basic-hygiene-needs-women-say-inmates 95412 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:38:00 +0000 Arizona Prison Denying Basic Hygiene Needs To Women, Say Inmates Andrew Flanagan In 2014, Cohen surprised the Manhattan audience of a closed listening session of Popular Problems , his newest album at the time, by popping in not to sing, but simply say hello and look at everyone like they were aliens. At the time, I remember thinking that everything seemed to be a Very Serious Lark to Leonard. Two years later, Cohen died. But just before that, he had put the finishing touches on a final book, The Flame , which was released on Oct. 2. It comes with an audio version of the works inside it, read by stars of film and literature. It's a shame we'll never get to hear Cohen read this poem about Kanye West — which is really, it seems, about unnecessarily co-opting things, just letting great things stand as they are and being yourself — because he really had a way with saying words. Instead, we have the actor Michael Shannon, who seems like a lovely but quiet and complicated person in interviews, doing his best attempt at being both Batman and Leonard Cohen. Kanye West is http://www.klcc.org/post/leonard-cohens-poem-kanye-west-not-picasso-read-michael-shannon 95411 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:31:00 +0000 Leonard Cohen's Poem 'Kanye West Is Not Picasso,' As Read By Michael Shannon Greg Allen Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/hurricane-michael-deals-floridas-oyster-industry-serious-blow 95410 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 22:52:00 +0000 Hurricane Michael Deals Florida's Oyster Industry A Serious Blow Greg Myre Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/does-lack-secrecy-mean-russian-spies-want-their-actions-be-known 95409 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 22:52:00 +0000 Does A Lack Of Secrecy Mean Russian Spies Want Their Actions To Be Known? editor Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/sommelier-scandal-tale-cheating-and-really-really-good-wine 95408 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 22:52:00 +0000 Sommelier Scandal: A Tale Of Cheating And Really, Really Good Wine Geoff Brumfiel Aric Toler isn't exactly sure what to call himself. "Digital researcher, digital investigator, digital something probably works," Toler says. Toler, 30, is part of an Internet research organization known as Bellingcat. Formed in 2014, the group first got attention for its meticulous documentation of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine . Toler used posts to Russia's equivalent of Facebook, VK, to track Russian soldiers as they slipped in and out of eastern Ukraine — where they covertly aided local rebels. Since then, Toler and his colleagues have been up to a whole lot more. They've used commercial satellite images to track Chinese air bases; watched security operations unfold on social media in Venezuela; and pinpointed the locations of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Now Toler and the nine other full-time members of Bellingcat's small, international staff are increasingly being drawn into some of the biggest news stories in the world. This week they unmasked one of two Russian agents http://www.klcc.org/post/meet-internet-researchers-unmasking-russian-assassins 95400 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:23:00 +0000 Meet The Internet Researchers Unmasking Russian Assassins Rachel D. Cohen The government of Nauru, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific, and the charity Doctors Without Borders are in a bitter dispute over mental health care for asylum seekers and refugees. The controversy revolves around approximately 900 individuals sent to Nauru by the Australian government since 2013. They arrived in Australia by boat, coming from such countries as Iran, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Syria; the government sent them to Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Most of them have been there four years. "Let's be very, very clear. They're trapped on a rock in the middle of the Pacific," Paul McPhun , MSF Australia's executive director, told NPR in a phone interview. These asylum seekers and refugees have no passports and few opportunities for education and work, he said. McPhun has also said there were instances of physical and sexual abuse among that population. Eleven months ago, MSF (the acronym for Doctors Without Borders' French name) began providing free mental health care on Nauru. http://www.klcc.org/post/why-msf-had-stop-offering-mental-health-care-refugees-nauru 95402 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:18:00 +0000 Why MSF Had To Stop Offering Mental Health Care To Refugees In Nauru editor Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/washington-archbishop-cardinal-donald-wuerl-resigns-amid-pressure 95406 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:00 +0000 Washington Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl Resigns Amid Pressure Carrie Johnson Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/one-last-secrets-watergate-scandal-may-soon-be-revealed 95405 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:00 +0000 One Of The Last Secrets From The Watergate Scandal May Soon Be Revealed Jackie Northam Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. http://www.klcc.org/post/disappearance-saudi-critic-could-scare-countrys-potential-investors 95404 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:00 +0000 Disappearance Of Saudi Critic Could Scare Off The Country's Potential Investors Merrit Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zXVi0TgQko In the penguin habitat at an aquarium in Sydney, love is in the air. The newest penguin couple here are named Sphen and Magic, and the two males are about to take the leap into parenthood. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said they became inseparable before breeding season, "constantly seen waddling around and going for swims together." There's a reason gentoo penguins have been called "one of the more romantic seabirds in the animal kingdom," as Oceana explains , and it comes down to their nesting habits. The species constructs nests out of pebbles, and according to Oceana, "individual pebbles may be shared between potential mates beforehand as a sign that they are interested in becoming a breeding pair." The couple, which have become known as Sphengic, have now gathered more pebbles than any other penguin pair at the aquarium. The aquarium says their caretakers initially gave them a "dummy egg to allow them to practice incubating and develop their http://www.klcc.org/post/same-sex-penguin-couple-fosters-egg-sydney 95399 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:08:00 +0000 Same-Sex Penguin Couple Fosters An Egg In Sydney Colin Dwyer At this time last year Riyadh was gearing up to host a raft of leading figures from the world of business and banking at its inaugural Future Investment Initiative . Dubbed "Davos in the Desert" — in a nod to the yearly global economic forum and the kingdom's own lofty ambitions — the conference in the Saudi capital suggested a new era of openness and innovation under the young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The event is set to return in just a week and a half, but this time around, it will be held in the shadow of simmering controversy — and many of its noteworthy guests will not be returning. As world leaders seek answers to what befell prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose disappearance has elicited suspicions of government-sanctioned murder, the conference's major guests are dropping out in droves. Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur behind the Virgin Group, said Thursday that he will not be attending. Nor will World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, major tech http://www.klcc.org/post/saudi-economic-summit-suffers-exodus-guests-after-journalists-disappearance 95401 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:03:00 +0000 Saudi Economic Summit Suffers Exodus Of Guests After Journalist's Disappearance Nurith Aizenman As Ebola continues to spread through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government has been issuing daily updates. These press releases are mainly a recitation of facts and figures: The total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak was declared August 1 — 165 as of Friday. The death toll – 90 people. The number of individuals who've been given an experimental vaccine – 15,807. And a summary of the latest efforts by responders to reach affected communities. But for all the dry language in these dispatches, every so often they offer a vivid glimpse of a tumultuous, high stakes drama that is playing out almost daily as health workers and safe burial teams seek to win over communities who are deeply mistrustful of their intentions. The accounts speak of tense negotiations with village leaders and of patients who refuse treatment and flee — only to be found days later, on the brink of death, in a city several hours away. Then came Friday's release, which included a story so http://www.klcc.org/post/hijacked-hearse-dispatches-ebola-outbreak-drc 95403 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:29:00 +0000 The Hijacked Hearse: Dispatches From The Ebola Outbreak In DRC Becky Sullivan After Hurricane Michael blasted through the Florida coastal towns of Eastpoint and Apalachicola, some residents are beginning the long process of cleaning up. This area, just 30 miles east of where the powerful storm's eye made landfall on Wednesday, was expected to – and did – receive the worst of the storm surge. In some areas, the water was more than 10 feet higher than normal. Water came up over the coastal highway, U.S. 98, and caused significant damage to the businesses and homes along the highway. Scattered around the buildings were fryers, chairs, tables, and thousands and thousands of oyster shells. Outside Lynn's Quality Oysters in Eastpoint, four employees were stacking up waterlogged picnic tables, each painted a different pastel shade and all covered in mud. Lynn Martina was inside. She's still running the business her grandparents began decades ago. Her parents ran it after them. Back then, it was a tin building in this spot along Highway 98. A hurricane in 1985 wiped it http://www.klcc.org/post/were-survivors-cleanup-begins-floridas-devastated-coast 95397 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:04:00 +0000 'We're Survivors': Cleanup Begins On Florida's Devastated Coast Asian-Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in California, now making up more than 14 percent of the population. It's a slice of the demographic pie that has tripled since 1980. And in historically red Orange County — where there are four races that the Cook Political Report labels as competitive — Democrats are hoping that Asian-American voters could help turn the county blue. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Asian-Americans now make up more than 20 percent of Orange County residents. Mary Anne Foo, executive director of the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, says that many of these families have roots in the Philippines, China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and more. This has been the case for decades, but the difference now is a greater number of those people were born in the U.S. "You see more and more diversity here in Orange County," she says, "and you'll see more of a rise of second-generation [voters]." Asian-Americans tend to vote Democratic, http://www.klcc.org/post/california-democrats-hope-asian-american-voters-can-help-flip-red-districts 95398 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:01:00 +0000 California Democrats Hope Asian-American Voters Can Help Flip Red Districts David Bianculli The rollout plan for the new TV series The Romanoffs is unusual for Amazon — just as the drama series itself is an unusual experiment for the show's creator, Matthew Weiner . Instead of making the entire season of The Romanoffs available at once, as it does with so many of its exclusive TV series, Amazon Prime Video presents only the first two episodes on the night the series premieres. Subsequent installments will be doled out weekly, as they are on broadcast TV. And unlike the past two drama series on which Weiner worked — his own Mad Men and David Chase 's The Sopranos — this new series does not tell a continuing story. Instead, The Romanoffs is an eight-episode anthology drama. But where such modern anthologies as FX's Fargo and HBO's True Detective tell a new story with a new cast every season, The Romanoffs is an anthology series in the purest sense. Like The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock Presents, or such live Golden Age drama anthologies as Playhouse 90 and Studio One , http://www.klcc.org/post/romanoffs-feels-short-story-collection-made-screen 95396 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:08:00 +0000 'The Romanoffs' Feels Like A Short Story Collection Made For The Screen editor Copyright 2018 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TINGLER") VINCENT PRICE: (As Dr. Warren Chapin) Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic, but scream - scream for your lives. The tingler is lose... UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character, yelling). PRICE: (As Dr. Warren Chapin) ...In this theater. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character, yelling) It's on me. PRICE: (As Dr. Warren Chapin) And if you don't scream, it may kill you. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, yelling). PRICE: (As Dr. Warren Chapin) Scream, scream. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, yelling). PRICE: (As Dr. Warren Chapin) Keep screaming. Scream for your lives. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, yelling). UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character, yelling) It's here. It's over here. Help, help, help. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character, yelling) My God, it's http://www.klcc.org/post/cult-icon-john-waters-breaking-taboos-and-embracing-villains 95395 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:08:00 +0000 Cult Icon John Waters On Breaking Taboos And Embracing Villains Michaeleen Doucleff The rate of cesarean sections around the world is increasing at an "alarming" rate, reported an international team of doctors and scientists on Thursday. Since 1990, C-sections have more than tripled from about 6 percent of all births to 21 percent, three studies report in The Lancet . And there are no "signs of slowing down," the researchers write in a commentary about the studies. C-sections now outnumber vaginal deliveries in parts of southeast Europe, Latin America and China. Even in poor countries, the rates can be extremely high at clinics. For example, in Bangladesh, less than 60 percent of births occur at a clinic, but when they do, about 65 percent of them are C-sections. The rates can be even higher in private clinics. For example, in Brazil, 80-90 percent of births in private clinics are now C-sections, compared with about 30-40 percent of births in public hospitals. Such high rates are due mainly to an increase of elective C-sections, says Salimah Walani, the vice president http://www.klcc.org/post/rate-c-sections-rising-alarming-rate-report-says 95393 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:17:00 +0000 Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An 'Alarming' Rate, Report Says Merrit Kennedy Updated at 6 p.m. ET Roughly two years after Turkish authorities detained Andrew Brunson on suspicion of espionage, the U.S. pastor is a free man once more. Turkey ordered his release Friday, ending a case that heightened tensions between Turkey and the U.S. A court in the western city of Izmir actually sentenced Brunson to a little more than three years in prison, according to Turkey's state news agency Anadolu . However, as NPR's Peter Kenyon in Istanbul explains, the court says he will serve no more time, considering his health issues. "The court also lifted judicial controls on Brunson — that means restrictions on his movements have been lifted and he is now free to leave the country," Kenyon reports. The prosecutor had asked for a 10-year sentence. The evangelical pastor wept in court upon hearing the news of his release, Reuters reported. Prior to the ruling, he said, "I am an innocent man. I love Jesus, I love Turkey." After he listened to an alleged witness, he said, "I do not http://www.klcc.org/post/turkey-releases-us-pastor-after-two-years-prison 95392 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:08:00 +0000 Turkey Releases U.S. Pastor After 2 Years In Prison Autumn Brewington Princess Eugenie of York, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, walked down the aisle Friday to wed Jack Brooksbank. The royal wedding comes nearly five months after the nuptials of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle drew more than 100,000 spectators to Windsor (and about 50 million viewers in the United States and Britain). For all the pomp, circumstance and media hype of British royal weddings, the ceremony for Eugenie and Brooksbank was simultaneously a smaller-scale yet still-high-wattage affair. Guests included American actresses Demi Moore and Liv Tyler and models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Cara Delevingne. The bride, 28, stunned in a low-backed gown by British-based designer Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos — cut to show the scar from scoliosis surgery she had as a child — and a diamond-and-emerald tiara loaned by the queen. The groom, 32, told her , "You look perfect." In the runup to #royalwedding2, one challenge appeared to be achieving royal http://www.klcc.org/post/you-look-perfect-princess-eugenie-york-marries-another-royal-wedding 95394 as http://www.klcc.org Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:57:00 +0000 'You Look Perfect:' Princess Eugenie Of York Marries In Another Royal Wedding