Maryland Woman Dies in Richmond I-95 Crash

John Ogle in News

A 24-year-old Maryland woman died in a crash on I-95 in Richmond Saturday afternoon about a half-mile north of the exit for Belvidere Street.

New Study Says Science-Related Jobs Contribute More to Economy Than Previously Reported

Charles Fishburne in Science Matters

The Brookings Institution has just released a report that says jobs requiring knowledge in science, technology, engineering and math -- both nationally and regionally -- form a much larger part of the economy than previously thought, and that federal support of community colleges and technical schools should be increased accordingly.  Charles Fishburne talks with Johnathan Rothwell, a Senior Research Associate at the Brookings Institution in this WCVE Science Matters Report.

Democrats to Fill Slate in Primary; McDonnell Finance Questions Grow; Cuccinelli Conflict Issue Intensifies

Jeff Schapiro in Analysis

Jeff Schapiro analyzes the week in Virginia political news.

 

Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

This month on Heavy Rotation — the series in which public-radio hosts and DJs share their favorite new songs — we have music from all over the map. Hip-hop, punk, EDM, folk, pop: It's all here. Meet this month's panel of pickers:

  • David Dye, host of NPR's World Cafe

  • Rita Houston, program director of WFUV in New York City

  • David Brown, host of Texas Music Matters for KUTX in Austin

  • Jessi Whitten, music director at Colorado Public Radio's OpenAir indie station

    • Former Mass. Chief Justice On Life, Liberty And Gay Marriage

    The U.S. Supreme Court, on the brink of issuing two same-sex-marriage decisions, is facing a question that Margaret Marshall had to resolve for her state a decade ago, as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Her decision became the first to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States.

    Jose-Luis Orozco: Capturing Kids' Attention In Two Languages

    For the past 42 years, José-Luis Orozco has been entertaining children with songs he sings in English and Spanish. He's passionate about teaching children to be bilingual through music, and he's also written books for kids.

    "Let's say hello to each other," he says to a crowd of preschoolers at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. "Buenos días," he sings.

    "Buenos días," they repeat in unison.

    "Good morning," he sings back.

    The History Behind America's Most Secretive Court

    This week The Guardian newspaper shared with its readers a document that few people ever get to see — an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court telling Verizon to share countless phone records with the National Security Agency. The White House would not confirm the existence of this surveillance effort, but it insisted Congress is fully briefed about such activities. Members of Congress confirmed that they knew.

    Not Everyone Cheers Turkey's Move To Tighten Alcohol Rules

    The ongoing anti-government protests in Turkey are about a lot of things — including a recent law to restrict the advertising and sale of alcohol. The limits aren't any more onerous than those in some other Western countries, but secular Turks see them as another step in a push by the ruling party to impose conservative social values on the population

    Finding An Anchor For A Life Set Adrift By A Shipwreck

    In 1993, a freighter ran aground off Queens, N.Y. The Golden Venture had nearly 300 people on it who were being smuggled into the U.S. from China.

    Passengers cited China's forced-sterilization program and governmental persecution from political expression as reasons to climb aboard the Golden Venture. Some paid the smugglers $30,000 to board the ship. An organized crime syndicate would front the money, and the passengers would have to work off the debt, often in restaurants like indentured servants.

    Criminals Fleeing Rio Crackdown Set Up Shop In The Suburbs

    The provincial town of Mage seems a world away from the violence and drug dealing that plague Brazil's larger cities. On a recent afternoon, the central square is a picture of calm. Children play around a fountain; older people sit on the many park benches dotting the area, under the shade of trees.

    Mage, about 35 miles northwest of Rio, is close enough that people can commute to the city, which many of them do. Yet it's far enough away that nothing much really happened here in the past. But residents say that is changing.