Commentator Patt Morrison proposes a "mis-user fee" as a new way for the federal government to raise revenue. It would levy a fine on politicians and Washington pundits who misuse American English.
Patt Morrison is a writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where her work has spanned topics from national political profiles and campaign coverage to the O.J. Simpson case, the Los Angeles riots, the Persian Gulf war, the Olympics, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Super Bowl, and Britain's royal family, including the death and funeral of the Princess of Wales.
The families of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7th attack held a rally Saturday night. A number of Western ambassadors attended.
That's what one paramedic says of the targeting of ambulance crews. Criminals are after phones and wallets along with medical equipment and drugs. We ride along with a Cape Town crew in a Red Zone.
NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with Palestinian-Ukrainian refugee Zoya El-Miari, who grew up in a Lebanese refugee camp only to move to Ukraine right before the Russian invasion and flee to Switzerland.