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The stakes are high for Amazon as workers at an Alabama warehouse vote on whether to unionize. The company is fighting hard against the effort, even posting anti-union flyers on bathroom stalls.

The Justice Department's internal watchdog releases the findings of its investigation into the department's handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server.

Partridge prices were flat this year, but the cost of pear trees jumped more than 25%. PNC bank has run the numbers on all 12 days of Christmas — as it calculates its annual Holiday Price Index.

Fraud is the latest threat facing victims of Hurricane Harvey, as well as the volunteers who are helping the relief effort. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Corey Amundson, a U.S. Attorney who heads the National Center for Disaster Fraud.

The stock market has been blasting through record after record. The S&P 500 recently crossed a new threshold for the first time ever. What's driving this record-setting run?

A massive span of Minneapolis' I-35 West bridge fell into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour Wednesday, carrying many vehicles into the water. At least four people died and 30 remain missing. Why the bridge gave way is a mystery.

The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama's health care law is...

A looming courtroom battle between the largest cryptocurrency exchange and the world's most powerful regulator promises to shape the future of crypto.

It's a good time to be someone who plays video games. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with James Mastromarino, who edits gaming coverage for NPR, to talk about the year so far.

Since 2005, monthly health insurance premiums for state workers in Florida have stayed the same. But a bill making its way through the Florida House...

Margaret Cho is wll-known for her bawdy stand-up comedy that takes no prisoners on the topics of sexuality and race. But with her new burlesque show, The Sensuous Woman, Cho takes on body image as well. Cho talks with Andrea Seabrook about baring it all onstage.

Two 15-year-olds were allegedly drinking alcohol and shooting toy guns from a driverless taxi when the company disabled it and alerted police.

What will resistance to Trump's education policy look like this time around? NPR hears from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Though the Bay's vibrant rap community lit the fuse on many of the stars, styles and innovations that have blown up across the map, the region might still be best known for being underestimated.

Though the Obama administration says that the nation is entering a new era of lower health care spending, an analysis from the agency that oversees Medicare says probably not. Those economists say that health spending will escalate as the economy improves, as it has in past economic recoveries.

The money — if approved by state lawmakers — would pay for things like water treatment plants, shoreline stabilization projects and seawalls.

There have been a lot of different Sherlock Holmes adaptations over the years, but Lucy Liu is probably the first woman to play Dr. Watson. In the CBS drama Elementary, Holmes and Watson solve crimes in modern-day New York City. Liu says a female Watson is a "wonderful concept."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, about her weeks-long filibuster over a bill she says is "legislating hate."

Laurent Simons, 11, took a year to complete his degree and graduated summa cum laude. Simons is now doing research that he hopes will someday enable him to replace his body parts with mechanical ones.

Kevin Harlan of Westwood One was broadcasting during Monday Night Football when someone ran onto the field. Harlan described him as a "goofball in a hat" and more. Police eventually tacked the man.

Former U.S. Ambassador Chris Hill is talking tonight (March 17) at 6 p.m. at the Mildred Sainier Pavilion at New College in Sarasota. He has a new book…

In Burlington, the closed Macy's department store is now the Downtown Burlington High School. Forget about stairs — students can take the escalators to class.

You can see the singer's animated story come to life in the 22-page book Female Force: Stevie Nicks. Rumors are she's being reimagined in her signature witchy style and long blond hair.

The city assigned every tree — tens of thousands of them — individual email addresses. If a tree is vandalized, or diseased, you report it with that email.

Officials with the Florida Forest Service say recent rains are not enough to tamp down the hundreds of wildfires raging across the state. Parts of the...