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The jobs report for February came in surprisingly strong this morning. Employers added 236,000 jobs to payrolls and the unemployment rate fell to a four-year low of 7.7 percent.

Demand continues to outstrip the supply of home health workers as America ages. An industry official says it can't continue without recruiting more migrants.

None of the three presidential candidates are calling for punishing investment firms for their roles in creating the financial crisis. All three have raised millions from the financial industry, with Obama leading the pack in fundraising.

Kentucky has one of the best-run health exchanges in the country, Kynect. It's led to the second-biggest drop in uninsured nationwide. But if a GOP primary result holds up, its days could be numbered.

President Ronald Reagan's pivot away from a reporter's question about possibly pardoning those involved in the 1980s arms-sales affair is a key moment in the history of the event taking place Tuesday.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' autobiography hits bookstores Oct. 1, coinciding with the court's new term. He received a $1.5 million advance for the memoir. He offers vivid, and at times, seething details about events surrounding his nomination.

Many of the 350,000 Latina girls turning 15 this year will celebrate with a bash called the "quinceanera." It's a rite of passage, and a growing industry in the U.S. Julia Alvarez, author of Once Upon a Quinceanera, shares aspects of the ceremonies with Renee Montagne.

The arrests include Frederick Joseph Bergmann Jr. of Tampa.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both appealed to workers in this year's election. But the candidates’ stances on many issues affecting workers remain far apart.

Creating an exercise habit doesn't mean you have to spend hours sweating on a treadmill. Start small, build up slowly and remember that all movement counts — even vacuuming, if you do it vigorously.

This morning, I woke up to vindication. It came in the form of a news alert on my phone telling me that Bob Dylan is now a Nobel Prize winner in...

A moment of silence will be observed at 2:49 p.m. ET, the time when the first of two devastating bombs went off in the crowds gathered to watch the marathon in 2013.

While the nation is reeling from the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Latino community is being hit particularly hard as they see the names and photos of the victims who look and sound like them.

The U.S. has registered over half a million clinical trials since 2000. Here's a look at the business and ethics of human medical experimentation through the eyes of a volunteer.

Shaul Bakhash, the husband of American scholar Haleh Esfandiari, is working through media and diplomatic channels to seek her release from Iran. Esfandiari is spending her 15th day in captivity there, accused of spying.

This summer, air passengers endured an unprecedented number of delays and cancellations. Now, in anticipation of the busiest travel season of the year, President Bush has outlined steps to relieve the grounded planes and massive delays.

Jonathan Englert spend a year at Sacred Heart seminary outside of Milwaukee, following five older men among the seminary's 80 students. He tells Jacki Lyden about the book that resulted: The Collar.

The earthquake killed more than 2,900 people and left Moroccans living in rural and mountainous areas without a roof after their head.

This is the first time the UAW is striking against all the automakers at once, and the economic impacts could be wide-ranging.

Vivian Silver, who dedicated her life to building bridges between Israelis and Palestinians, was believed to have been taken hostage on Oct. 7 by Hamas. She was confirmed dead this week and will be buried Thursday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working on a fix, but it could be too late.

The announcement was filled with promise, but many people in D.C. and even some of the residents of Alexandria are not thrilled.

Nearly a year ago, the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious college admissions. Now, colleges are navigating new territory in admitting students for next year.

The U.S. paused aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees following allegations by Israel that 12 UNRWA staff joined Hamas attacks of Oct. 7.