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President Trump signed four executive actions to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus pandemic. They amount to a stopgap measure after not reaching a deal with Congress.

Reporting from the Afghan capital Kabul, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks to Afghanistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin about the strategic partnership recently negotiated between the U.S., and the case Afghanistan will be making for future economic support.

Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made.

In the latest installment of the University of South Florida’s Debate-A-Bull speaker series, a panel of experts discussed the prospect of nixing state property taxes.

According to a new poll, a majority of Americans said a lack of affordable housing is a serious problem where they live, and many fear eviction.

An average of 44,000 people were displaced every day, or one person every two seconds, according to a United Nations report. Conflict is the biggest factor driving displacement.

A cooking program in upstate New York helps veterans find camaraderie in the kitchen.

Top colleges aim to create a diverse campus with students from all walks of life, so they're traveling to places they've neglected before: rural communities.

Before the U.S. entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to promote tolerance toward immigrants. So, the government started a radio program featuring celebrity immigrants' stories.

Florida health care officials are offering $50 million to federally qualified health centers to help offset the costs of care they will provide to poor...

On- and off-screen tragedies merge as the film reckons with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman, honoring the memory of the Black Panther star as respectfully as possible.

Dr. Alia Abdulla, a breast surgeon who works with the Broward Health Physician Group, recommends patients with high breast density get an additional test.

Vice President Harris is only just beginning to lay out her policy platform for her compressed election race. Here’s what we know so far.

Residents feeling the Palisades Fire abandoned their cars in gridlock traffic as the wildfire approached. Evacuation planning is central to saving lives in wildfires, but many communities are behind.

An Idaho inmate sued the state to receive sex reassignment surgery and won. If she prevails in federal appeals court, she'll become the first inmate to receive the surgery through court order.

The state still faces financial fallout due to the coronavirus pandemic despite receiving a huge influx of federal money.

The traveler tells the story of his two months held in Syria's notorious prisons, and how his family got a Lebanese official to help secure his release.

Gluten is everywhere, from pizza, bread and ketchup to ice cream and prescription drugs. A small percentage of Americans can't tolerate the wheat protein, which has a gluey nature. But more people are dropping gluten from their diet to see if it cures what ails them.

Texans who managed to keep the lights on during the winter storm are getting sky-high electric bills, the product of a deregulated industry that allows power companies to charge variable rates.

The National Football League, Apple Music and Roc Nation made the announcement during halftime of Sunday night's game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys.

Novels dealing in privacy-free futures aren't new. But they're rapidly becoming more relevant. Author Max Barry chooses three dystopian novels that are both thought-provoking and chillingly plausible. What's your favorite futuristic novel? Tell us in the comments.

Former NSA chief Mike Rogers says the intelligence community knew Russia was taking unprecedented steps during the 2016 election, but only later did it fully grasp the extent of that effort.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the embattled New York congressman, who faces continued questions about his biography and campaign finances, should've been "sitting in the back row and staying quiet."

Apartment renters showed up in force at the state Capitol recently to oppose a plan by out-of-state companies to help landlords charge a new fee to their tenants, but industry forces had the votes.

Scott Simon talks to former federal prosecutor Peter Zeidenberg about President Trump commutating the sentence of longtime friend and political operative Roger Stone.