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The international company that owns the American brands is struggling with a glut of unsold cars and smaller profits. The layoffs could have ripple effects through its U.S. workforce of 52,000.

The first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza since storm damage required repairs to the project, the U.S. military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies to Palestinians.

President Trump is visiting parts of Florida and Georgia that were hit by Hurricane Michael last week. The visit comes just three weeks before midterm elections in two states with tough races.

Donald Trump is on his first overseas trip as president. Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg of the National Review about how he is being received amid the Russia investigation.

A recent executive order from President Trump has resurfaced issues of church and state separation. In #AskCokie, commentator Cokie Roberts talks about the history of religion and politics in the U.S.

There may be hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of undiscovered ancient sites. Sarah Parcak wants to locate them — from space.

Jimmy Buffett's widow, Jane Buffett, has asked a Florida judge to remove her late husband's financial adviser, Richard Mozenter, as cotrustee of his $275 million estate.

President Trump promised to carry out the most deportations in U.S. history, focused on criminals. But now, immigration officials are going after asylum seekers who say they're fleeing persecution.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

President Obama has arrived in Berlin, his first visit to the German capital since his election in 2008. The visit falls in the same month that John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech a half century ago. Can the current president expect the same the kind of reception? Germans have been especially critical of the National Security Agency's recently revealed data gathering from international phone and Internet traffic, given the bitter history of Stasi spying on the citizens of East Germany not so long ago.

About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.

Adultery is a crime in New York State. For more than 100 years it's been a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. Legislation to overturn that now sits on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk.

The problems with decrepit hotel rooms and stray dogs in Sochi, Russia, are stealing the headlines, but they are hardly the first Olympics to stumble. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Esquire Magazine's AJ Jacobs about some of the more inglorious moments in Winter Olympics history.

Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in 2021, political scientist Scott Yenor detailed what he sees as the “evils” of feminism, labeled “independent women” as “medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome” and decried colleges and universities as "the citadels of our gynecocracy” — a form of government run by women.

The war has led to wild ups and downs for some small businesses. A Mediterranean restaurant in Washington, D.C., which is owned by Israelis, was hit with a boycott and then an outpouring of support.

Amid concerns about the complexity and stress of college admissions, some schools are flipping the script by offering to admit students who haven't even applied. It's called direct admissions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said some credit card companies may be devaluing points and airline miles illegally. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Nick Ewen of The Points Guy.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat and a close ally of President Biden, says it's still unclear whether Biden will maintain his bid for a second term. "The president has to make this decision," Green told NPR.

Each year, scientists add thousands of new plant and animal species to the scientific record. We learn about three that were added to the list.

New York City high-schooler Ishah Diop is upset her senior year ended due to the pandemic. New Orleans history teacher Chris Dier understands: Hurricane Katrina ended his senior year before it began.

Family members said Victor Shaw, 66, was shy and reserved in nature, but had a deep love for sports and a tight-knit bond with his younger sister.

A Welsh petition for world peace sat forgotten in the Smithsonian for nearly 100 years. This week, it finally returned to Wales for its signatures to be digitized and its history remembered.

The coastal inlet was closed off in the 1980s, when Sarasota County agreed to pile up sand to protect two vulnerable beachfront homes. But hurricanes blew open the waterway this year.

The program known as Sun Bucks offers eligible parents in participating states a total of $120 per child to assist with the cost of groceries over the summer months.

The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.