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The Fed and Treasury is considerig entering the commercial paper market, made up of unsecured corporate IOUs extended over a short period of time. We examine just how risky the unprecedented move is.

A young writer gets a clerical job with the book agent representing J.D. Salinger in My Salinger Year, a movie based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff.

More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss — who died from injuries suffered in the Kabul Airport bombing — was likely the final one.

It's a holiday that can be stressful. Complex family dynamics often become a powder keg when we gather around the table for turkey and stuffing.

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There were 21 tropical storms, seven hurricanes and four major hurricanes this year in the Atlantic basin. Florida was largely spared the worst.

Federal officials confirmed that a $608 million reimbursement had been approved for the center earlier this month.

U.S. citizens continue to be targeted by Russian operatives online. Ajah Hales was contacted by a Facebook page that promised to promote black-owned businesses like hers. She talks with Scott Simon.

The pandemic has laid bare many shortcoming in the U.S. — chief among them: food insecurity. A team of lawmakers is now hoping to address this issue, as the White House first did 50 years ago.

Deb Margolin's play "Imagining Madoff" digs into the deep issues that live in the edges of our lives. Do I really know this person, can I trust them? Her…

When your back is in chronic pain, an approach that heals the mind as well as the body is needed, says Dr. Scott Fishman, an anesthesiologist and chief of University of California, Davis' Division of Pain Medicine. He also talks about the risks of relying too much –- or not enough -- on pain medications.

President Bush, back from a visit to Iraq, says violence there will never be eliminated but that a security crackdown and new intelligence on terrorism are contributing to "steady progress."

Comedian Mike Birbiglia says he absorbed a lot of lessons from his parents – whether he realized it or not as a kid. From his mom's ability to talk to everyone, to his dad's drive and ambition.

After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.

In a key test of the federal health law's ability to draw competitive bids from health insurance companies, California has unveiled plans and prices that will be available next year to millions of residents shopping for individual coverage on its new insurance marketplace.

As Floridians continue social distancing, many others headed out to the polls on Primary Day.Before heading into Lakewood Ranch Town Hall to vote, Karen…

“Job No. 1 for the FCC [Federal Communication Commission] is public safety,” were FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s opening remarks from the podium at...

Gas prices remain higher than usual across the US, as the price of crude oil has been swinging wildly in response to the Iran war.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with actress, director and writer Sarah Polley about her new book, Run Towards the Danger.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Victor Matheson, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross and a lottery expert, about the recent streak of large jackpots.

We asked two scholars who have spent decades studying empathy and bias to discuss what they've seen in the past year. They offer their view of what has changed — and what has not.

When fire alarms blared for the second time on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, many students found it a little odd. They...

Rachel Martin talks to Golnaz Esfandiari, who covers Iranian affairs for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. She had noticed more ISIS publications being distributed in Iran.

Japan's government has a new plan to halt the country's plunging birth rate. But many Japanese are skeptical, as the government has tried and failed to fix the problem for some three decades.

The White House recently backed Israel's claims to sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Rachel Martin talks to Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, who captured the complexity of the area in his 2004 film.