Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China after the discovery of what the Pentagon alleges to be a Chinese surveillance balloon...
A spy balloon from China has been causing alarm in the U.S. What is it doing, and is it a threat to national security?
History remembers Arthur Burns as the Fed chair who let inflation run rampant. That's precisely the outcome that current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wants to...
John Reynolds started his career in the summer of 1978 as a college student. This week, he said goodbye to the calling of a lifetime.
U.S. employers added more than half a million jobs in January — far more than forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than half a...
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with College Board CEO David Coleman and director of Advanced Placement African American Studies Brandi Waters...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with artist Muni Long about being a first-time Grammy nominee in three categories.
After decades of being seen as a go-nowhere investment, investors are taking a shine to gold again.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's...
His comments are important, because democracy in Latin America is in retreat. The president of El Salvador has announced he will defy constitutional term...
Two gang members were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, and charged in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a home ...
The main reason the surge is ebbing now, pandemic experts suspect, is the significant immunity many people in the U.S. have acquired from...
The new standards, if implemented, would limit added sugars and sodium and emphasize whole-grain and domestically-produced products.
Otsuka has recently been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for her novel about a Japanese American woman who's lost much of her memory to...
The Nation doubled in circulation under Navasky's tenure. He went on to teach at Columbia University, and chaired theColumbia Journalism Review. He...
At this year's awards on Sunday night, Beyoncé could become the artist with the most Grammys ever. She could also go down in history as the most snubbed.
A 42-year-old Pakistani man who spent nearly half his life in U.S. custody has been released from Guantánamo and resettled in Belize after suing...
At 30 years and 266 days and counting, Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, has broken the century-old world record for oldest dog ever,...
An ill-informed TV correspondent travels the world — with hilarious results — in Netflix's new oddball show. Diane Morgan's delivery is...
Guitarist Patrick McDermott and pedal steel player Barry Walker unite again for a song as gentle as a sunkissed stream.
China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" used for meteorological research that had blown far off course...
While there is excitement, the trip comes with a sense of urgency. Despite a peace deal, violence along political and ethnic lines has continued and...
Hear a meditative trombone improvisation, inspired by dreams, and powered by spiraling loops and gentle melodies.
U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.4% . The job market remains tight, despite signs of a slowing...
Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.
This is the first summit to take place with Ukraine as an official candidate to join the European Union
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Finkelstein, vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses, about the Pentagon saying a Chinese surveillance balloon is ...
Already a quiet influence on the hyperpop scene, fame, relationships, stimulants and screens collide in brakence's "realer-than-real" sound.
Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the...
This week's StoryCorps tells the story of Wendell Scott, who drove during the Jim Crow era and was the first African American to win a race ...
Artificial intelligence has advanced enough to create a seemingly original artwork in the style of living artists within minutes. Some artists argue...