New North Korean Missile Is Larger, More Powerful Than Previous Ones, Analysts Say

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New North Korean Missile Is Larger, More Powerful Than Previous Ones, Analysts Say The intercontinental ballistic missile that Pyongyang launched on Wednesday is so much larger than previous versions that an associate professor at MIT suspects it could carry a powerful thermonuclear weapon, regardless of whether the North has managed to make a compact, missile-friendly version. Read this story

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Jury Finds Undocumented Immigrant Not Guilty Of Murder In Kate Steinle Case

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Jury Finds Undocumented Immigrant Not Guilty Of Murder In Kate Steinle Case The slaying in San Francisco became a focus of opponents of sanctuary city policies. The defendant said he had found the gun and it fired accidentally. As a candidate, President Trump cited the case as a justification for his intended crackdown on illegal immigration. Read this story

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Paul Ryan Says Lawmakers Must Be Held To A High Standard, Amid Sex Harassment Scandals

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Paul Ryan Says Lawmakers Must Be Held To A High Standard, Amid Sex Harassment Scandals "I think we're all realizing that sexual harassment in America is absolutely pervasive and it's got to go and we need to end it," the House speaker told Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep. Politicians in both parties have been accused of sexual misconduct in recent weeks. Read this story

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Panning for Gold in John Adams' New Opera

John Adams' new opera and David Greilsammer at the Tiny Desk

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Panning For Gold And Self-Awareness In John Adams' New Opera Set in the California mining camps of the 1850s, Girls of the Golden West, sifts through themes that still weigh heavy today. Read this story Tiny Desk David Greilsammer: Tiny Desk Concert With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl. Read this story Deceptive Cadence Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renowned Baritone, Dies At 55 The Russian baritone known for his burnished voice died Wednesday. He announced in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Read this story Deceptive Cadence Celebrating 100 Years Of Bernstein With Gianandrea Noseda Nina Totenberg speaks with the new musical director of The National Symphony Orchestra, as the ensemble gears up to mark the centennial of Leonard Bernstein. Read this story Deceptive Cadence A Choral Christmas With Stile Antico Hear the acclaimed British choral group perform Christmas music from 16th century England at the acoustically rich St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, Mass. Read this story

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