Новости за 13.09.2016

A reported spike in threats, intimidation and harassment toward federal officers in the rural West makes for a challenging work environment for one law enforcement ranger in southern Nevada.

Controversy is rising over distribution and host changes at the U.K. television show, The Great British Bake Off, which is known in the U.S. as The Great British Baking Show. The competition show is moving from the BBC to Channel 4, and hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc have said they will be leaving the show.

Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting about fishermen working under slave-like conditions in oceans around the world. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Mendoza about her latest story, documenting how a loophole in U.S. law allows Hawaiian fishing fleets to use undocumented foreign workers, who are paid extremely little and are confined to their boats.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Slate senior editor Laura Bennett about Dancing with the Stars, which is now in its 23rd season. On Monday night's show, two protesters rushed the stage following a dance performance by athlete Ryan Lochte.

Household incomes were up sharply in 2015, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Median family income climbed 5.2 percent to $56,516 a year. That's the biggest increase in nearly 50 years.

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi visits the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with President Obama.

President Obama returns to the campaign trail to urge people to vote for Hillary Clinton in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania.

The next president could make sweeping changes to programs for veterans. NPR takes a look at what Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump say they will do for vets.

The NCAA penalized the state of North Carolina for its new law that removed some protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The NCAA pulled tournament games out of the state for the next academic year.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine describes efforts by the sugar industry to manipulate research about the health effects of sugar back in the 1960s. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Cristin Kearns of the University of California, San Francisco, about the study.

Hillary Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis has reignited questions about the health of presidential candidates. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dan Diamond, a reporter for Politico.

Miami is starting to use a new technology for reducing mosquito populations that was recently approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for emergency use in areas where there is Zika. It's a type of trap that attracts females and contaminates them with a larvicide they then spread to other breeding sites.

As protests over the Dakota Access oil pipeline keep growing, those in favor of the project are beginning to speak out — even as the company stops work on the pipeline.

Anxiety is the most frequently diagnosed mental disorder in children. A unique school in Fairfax, Va., tries to help students with severe anxiety who have trouble going to class.

In train stations across the country, the two singer-songwriters recorded the musical legacy of the rails. Hear them discuss the project and perform two songs.

Peres, 93, suffered a stroke and was taken to a Tel Aviv hospital. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role in negotiating an interim peace agreement between Israel and the PLO.

What's it like going from unknown local musician to one of the most in-demand talents in indie rock in a single year? 21-year-old Richmond, Va.-based singer Lucy Dacus is learning.

Beck's new video is a surreal dance party in which he busts out his sweetest moves on a busy street's median. It also features cameos by his children, Cosimo and Tuesday Hansen.

As time goes on, the Democrats and Republicans are looking less and less alike.

Poisoning these thirsty critters doesn't work. But researchers think they're finally getting close to figuring out a plan.

Doctors, hospitals and entrepreneurs say drones could become a faster, cheaper way to deliver medical tests. But there are a lot of details to be worked out before your blood test hits the runway.

Republicans have lashed out at the NCAA after it decided to pull its championship events from the state because a law limiting civil rights protection for LGBT individuals.

Some of the information listed athletes' therapeutic use exemptions, which allow banned substances to be taken if they're deemed to be necessary for medical reasons.

The court's refusal to intervene leaves intact a reduction of early voting days that was enacted by Ohio's Republican-controlled Legislature. Ohio Democrats had wanted the "golden week" restored.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are back after a long break with this week's essential new music, including Nick Cave's heartbreaking song "Jesus Alone" and Peter Gabriel's ode to Edward Snowden.