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Republican presidential candidate Romney is meeting with top Israeli and Palestinian officials and delivering a speech in Jerusalem. Guest host David Greene talks with reporter Sheera Frenkel about the visit.

Melissa Block talks to Adam Davidson about growing income inequality at every level of our economy. Davidson has been pouring over data recently released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary remembering other events in 1971. The band T. Rex overhauled their musical style and released Electric Warrior, an album that became the cornerstone of glam rock.

The U.S. Postal Service's governing board has named David Steiner, a board member of USPS competitor FedEx, to be the next postmaster general following the controversial term of Louis DeJoy.

Lawmakers were split by party at a hearing Tuesday over how much attention they paid to sharing of sensitive military information with a journalist on Signal.

The job market is booming and the economy is expanding. So why aren't wages keeping pace? That's the wage puzzle, and some economists and employers offer explanations they say help explain it.

Voters head to the polls in New Hampshire Tuesday for the second Democratic presidential nominating contest. Meanwhile, the candidates have sharpened their criticisms of one another.

For the first time ever, a non-Champagne has won a prestigious international award for best sparkling wine. Ari Shapiro talks with head winemaker of England's Nyetimber, Cherie Spriggs, about the win.

A federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday. The charges, which include bank fraud, come after pressure from President Trump to prosecute his political foes.

Nico Iamaleava is leaving Tennessee after a public NIL renegotiation, days before the spring transfer portal window opens. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Richard Johnson from CBS Sports about the standoff between the university and the student athlete.

Many Mormon women are celebrating the new garments, which they've been requesting for years. Others say the church's all-male leadership should have listened to them sooner.

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials are underway in Indianapolis. More than 1,000 athletes are competing. Fewer than 60 will make it to next month's Summer Olympics in Paris.

The estate tax is yet another piece of the fiscal cliff that needs to be worked out. Those who want to the raise what they call the "Paris Hilton tax" say it applies only to the very rich, who can afford to pay. Opponents of the increase, however, brand it the "death tax" and say it hurts farmers and small-business owners.

“If we were going to just send it out into Never Never Land, I would have argued much harder that day to keep going," St. Petersburg Councilmember Gina Driscoll.

President Biden is giving an address from the Oval about how he will 'finish the job' — without a second term in office.

The Arab countries of the Gulf opposed the U.S. war in Iran. Yet they face some of the heaviest attacks from Iran and feel the war could leave them less secure than when the fighting began.

James Franklin has been fired as the coach of Penn State's football team. He'll get a buyout of almost $50 million, reflecting a trend of coaches getting large golden parachutes.

Jay Johnston expressed regret that he “made it more difficult for the police to do their job" on Jan. 6.

The $709.3 million would assist Hillsborough County in recovering from damages caused by Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene and Milton.

After hosting the Bulls last year, you'd think the Birmingham Bowl would remember University of South Florida's name.You'd be wrong.Ads for the official…

Florida’s unemployment rate is no longer dropping like it once did.The state’s jobless rate in February was 6.2 percent, which is the same rate it was the…

The Rosebud Motel appeared in every episode of the much beloved show, and is reportedly priced at about $1.6 million. In real life, it is named Hockley Motel and is in Mono, Ontario.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have pushed back the barrier of how small we can see to a record, atom-scale 0.6 angstrom, over 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. NPR's Michele Norris talks with physicist Stephen J. Pennycook about the microscopic breakthrough.

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

The organization is urging parents to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 if they are 6 months to 2 years old.