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Minnesota native Sunisa Lee is the first Hmong American to make a U.S. Olympic team. Back home, her family and friends are celebrating her huge win with glee.

From starting a fire to delivering a baby, that little box of string in your medicine cabinet is your best tool for tackling countless travel troubles.

The extravagant jewelry worn by hip-hop artists has meaning beyond the shiny surfaces.

President Biden on Tuesday will survey damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York and New Jersey, which killed more than 40 people. The visit comes after a few tumultuous weeks for Biden.

A wrongful-death civil trial is the setting for a new look at the death of rapper Notorious B.I.G., the man also known as Biggie Smalls. Did the Los Angeles Police Department play a role in his 1997 slaying? Los Angeles Times reporter Chuck Phillips discusses the case with Ed Gordon.

Record rainfall trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed all roads and stranded hundreds of visitors and workers.

In a short set that spans 50 years, the CSNY veteran's voice resonates and cuts to the core.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago about the economic outlook ahead of the last Fed meeting of the year.

The Department of Justice say Iranian intelligence officials were planning to lure an Iranian-American author, activist and journalist from New York to another country. An indictment came out Tuesday.

Who’s performing, and when, and where, during May in Tampa Bay.

Neil Gaiman is best-known for his fictional creations, but he is also a prolific producer of essays, album liner notes, speeches and introductions — now collected in The View From the Cheap Seats.

For George Caywood, 67, the challenge of raising four daughters was made harder by his struggle with depression. His oldest daughter recently interviewed him at a StoryCorps booth in Los Angeles.

University professors, custodians, municipal employees and school district administrative employees across the state have lost union representation and the ability to collectively bargain since Florida's Senate Bill 256 went into effect last year. A total of 54 public sector unions have been legally terminated.

President Obama travels to Mexico, which is torn by drug violence as warring cartels battle for control. The visit on Thursday is meant as a show of support for President Felipe Calderon, and to underscore the importance his administration places on relations with Mexico.

Bob Mondello reflects on the portrayal and the despair of Afghanistan's story, as shown on film for decades — in The Man Who Would Be King, Rambo III, Charlie Wilson's War, Zero Dark Thirty and more.

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse

Grammy-nominated singer Ledisi pulls no punches when talking about a failed relationship. She says it even became the inspiration of her latest album.

The island is facing one of its worst dry spells in a century, and both the agricultural and high-tech sectors are competing for scarce water resources.

Religion scholar Kate Bowler used to believe God had a plan for her life. Then she was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer. "I really had to rethink what trust and hope looks like," she says.

President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska's vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project, a top administration official said Monday.

Exxon Mobil Corp. posts one of the largest quarterly profits in American history: $10.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2005, up from more than $8.4 billion a year ago. Exxon is the latest oil company to post record profits as oil prices continue to rise.

While July 4 celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, WHYY's Brad Linder reports on the new National Constitution Center museum in Philadelphia that lets visitors explore the U.S. Constitution. See some photos from the center, and explore more about the U.S. Constitution.

Why are we parting with BlackBerry Classic and VCR — but not fax or QWERTY keyboard? We ask you to nominate outdated tech for phase-out and visit Tekserve, the closing cult Mac store in Manhattan.

Nora Roberts, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Michael Chabon and Margaret Atwood are among those signing an Authors Guild letter asking artificial intelligence companies to get permission or offer compensation.

A two-year federal investigation found children in foster care — even infants — were prescribed psychotropic drugs at rates 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than non-foster children. Often, those prescriptions were at much higher doses.