National Public Radio

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noun

1. a nationwide network of nonprofit radio stations supported in part by U.S. government funds distributed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, often affiliated with a public television station or educational institution. NPR

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National Public Radio

This week, veteran National Public Radio reporter Nina Totenberg briefly published a story stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Jazz artists "were trying to find a way to express life through our improvisations. The music has got to mean something," Rollins later told National Public Radio.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

A former diplomat, Lord Peter Ricketts, told US National Public Radio: "This was frankly, the most difficult, demanding piece of royal diplomacy he's done so far."

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

National Public Radio is up a little louder.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor