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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com's World Memory Project allows people to sift online through hundreds of thousands of documents that previously required a painstaking manual search.

Whether you're cooking up jambalaya or the turkey-duck-chicken creation known as "turducken," it's the spice -- not the cooking that makes the difference. Audie Cornish reports on the herbs and spices that New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme says adds to cooking and to life.

A geriatric African penguin at the New England Aquarium got adorable custom shoes to help treat its foot condition.

During Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing, Democrats pressed her on whether she could maintain the DOJ's independence from the White House while Republicans welcomed her as a course correction for a department that unfairly pursued Donald Trump.

A Latinx neighborhood in a wealthy California county hard-hit by COVID-19 reflects on the complex challenges and policy failures affecting vulnerable communities across the U.S. during the pandemic.

President Trump says Morocco has agreed to be the latest Arab country to normalize relations with Israel. However, the deal includes a U.S. endorsement of Morocco's claim to a disputed territory.

The U.S. job market picked up steam in June. Employers added 224,000 jobs, more than triple May's numbers. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.7% as more workers entered the job market.

U.S. employers added a better-than-expected number of jobs last month, boosted in part by the return of General Motors workers who had been on strike in October. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.

Federal employees were told they have until the end of Monday to detail what they accomplished last week or face firing. Some bosses said to hold on before replying to the email, stoking confusion.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, after the Biden Administration proposed a new national standard for staffing nursing homes.

The lawsuit escalates a series of confrontations between the president and the leader of the country's biggest bank.

"This gap between rhetoric and action needs to close if we are to have a fighting chance" of reaching emissions goals, the head of the International Energy Agency says.

The agreement comes as St. Pete-Clearwater moves forward with a major terminal improvement program.

A former Broward County nursing school owner, who was among dozens arrested in a federal probe, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to money laundering.

Thousands displaced by conflict have been living for years in crumbling, unsafe apartments. At a recent protest, some sewed their lips shut; others threatened to set themselves on fire.

At least 32 of the endangered sawfish have been reported dead. The cause of their bizarre behavior remains a mystery.

Texas Child Protective Services opened an investigation into the Briggle family after the governor and attorney general called gender-affirming care child abuse.

Statewide, gas prices hit another record high Monday, averaging $4.89 per gallon.

It happens countless times a day. People receive e-mails from what looks to be a familiar company — their bank, credit card company or another organization. It looks legitimate, but something just isn't right.

NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump continued to repeat false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

Three people have been indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, including former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort. NPR Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas has the latest.

Author and journalism professor Robert Jensen says racism will never end in America as long as whites are in denial about the sometimes invisible, unspoken inequalities created by a legacy of white supremacy.

The organ has been described, along with the clock, as the most complex of all mechanical instruments developed before the Industrial Revolution. Miles Hoffman unravels the complexities and the mysteries of the musical giant.

People of many nations have stories of America's love-hate relationship with the foreign born. In Perfume Dreams, Andrew Lam explores his identity as a Vietnamese native living in the United States.

Time magazine called him one of the world's 100 Most Powerful and Influential People. John Bogle is the founder of the Vanguard Group of mutual funds and the author of new book, The Battle for The Soul of Capitalism.