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Michael Arceneaux graduated from Howard University in 2007 with more than $100,000 of private student loan debt. He reflects on how that debt has shaped his life in a new book of essays.

The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

On Monday night, HBO will air the documentary "3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets," about the murder of Jordan Davis in Jacksonville, Fla., at the hands of Michael Dunn, who objected to the volume of the music Davis was listening to. Host Michel Martin speaks with Davis' parents Ron Davis and Lucia McBath.

A debt crisis looms over low- and-middle-income countries. One in five people live in a country teetering toward default. NPR unpacks the causes and consequences, including spiraling food prices.

Scientists are observing the skies as the comet 3i/ATLAS makes a close flyby of Earth.

The president says a third term is "not something I'm looking to do," and the U.S. economy is in a "transition period."

With masks coming off in schools, day care centers and other places, many parents of young children are getting especially anxious and want to get their kids vaccinated. Pediatric trials continue.

Commentator Bill Lessard -- an experienced dot-com employee himself -- says that all those perks you hear about at technology companies don't really add up to as much as workers think they're getting.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with actress Eva Reign, who stars in Billy Poter's directorial debut, Anything's Possible, about what the film meant for her.

The shootings took place at a Sacramento-area church, according to local law enforcement officials.

Florida's average increase in health-insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act for 2014 will be in the range of just 5 to 6 percent, Office of…

In theaters this weekend: A live-action How to Train Your Dragon, a matchmaker rom-com Materialists, an adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, and Ana de Armas stars in a John Wick spin-off.

Infants' Tylenol is the same strength as Children's Tylenol. Turns out, the price difference has to do with packaging and safety features.

Florida hospitals paid for $1.5 billion in health costs for uninsured and underinsured patients last year.

For-profit colleges have gotten some unwanted government attention lately—for aggressive recruiting and high interest rates on loans, and for...

Hours earlier, the president had hinted at vetoing the legislation but relented, citing "national security." The threat added suspense to what otherwise would have been a perfunctory signing ceremony.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a handful of newcomers to the pop charts.

From 2008 to 2013, Nathan Deuel and his family lived in the Middle East. His new memoir about his experience is titled Friday Was the Bomb.

A new book features snippets of diary entries and letters written between 1542 to 2018. Editor David Kipen says it's "a collective self-portrait of Los Angeles when it thought nobody was looking."

As we say goodbye to 2024, let's also bid farewell to some less-than-ideal money habits: impulse purchases, out-of-control credit card debt and the trap of lifestyle creep.

Since 1955, 13 Atlantic storm names beginning with “I” have been retired, according to the National Weather Service. That happens when a storm’s death toll or destruction is so severe that using its name again would be insensitive.

Josh Anderson scored the game winner as the Canadiens avoided elimination in Game 4. The series now returns to Tampa on Wednesday,.

Prosecutors alleged that subsidiaries provided discounts of up to 50% or more on patient cost-sharing obligations for certain categories of Medicare beneficiaries from 2016 to 2022.

Tales of Machiavellian office politics are all the rage in China, where "bureaucracy lit" is flying off bookstore shelves. The books are read as both entertainment and as how-to guides for aspiring civil servants. Pioneers of the genre offer a path to success in China's corridors of power.