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With a series of observances at city hall, mourners have been honoring Dianne Feinstein, who died last week. Democratic leaders will speak at a memorial service for the late senator on Thursday.

Jesse Jackson lies in repose in Chicago for a second day at his Rainbow-Push headquarters, as people honor and pay their respects to the late civil rights leader.

President Biden proposed a $2 trillion investment in the nation's neglected infrastructure. Most of the bill would fall on corporations, but it is already facing pushback from the business community.

Mohammad Javad Zarif tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that last week's assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was "a cowardly armed attack" that "amounts to war."

In areas overwhelmed by COVID cases, hospitals must rely on traveling nurses to operate ICUs. Hospitals pay a premium for that temporary help, while also struggling to keep their staff nurses happy.

Pregnant patients are being asked to make large payments months before they deliver, a change from decades of standard practice. Advocates worry that it allows providers to hold "treatment hostage."

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dawn Staley, the coach of the University of South Carolina women's basketball team, about her new memoir and successful career.

Actress Robin Wright made a splash when she revealed that it was only by threatening to go public that she was able to negotiate her House of Cards salary to be the same as that of her male co-star. Pay equity in Hollywood isn't a new issue, but getting around it by sharing salary information might be a new way to combat it.

There's plenty of opportunities to see popular live music acts in the Tampa Bay area, but some major artists rarely pay us a visit. One local tribute band…

NPR's David Greene talks to attorney Sabrina Strong, who represented Johnson & Johnson, and Jackie Fortiér of State Impact Oklahoma about the verdict. The drugmaker says it will appeal.

Donald Trump embraced the idea that he may have carefully navigated the tax code to avoid paying income taxes as he campaigned in Colorado on Monday.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mary Jo Kane, professor emerita and sport and gender scholar of the University of Minnesota, on sports' gender pay gap and why tennis has been able to close it.

Basketball star Kyrie Irving posted a clip on Twitter from a film that contained false and antisemitic comments. The post has since been deleted and Irving now faces a suspension of at least 5 games.

U.S. government attorneys call the funding plans 'legally insufficient.'

A lot of colleges have cracked down on student protesters. Some have called in police to break up encampments and arresting protesting students. That's created a lot of angry parents.

Jobs demonstrated the prototype to the owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores, RR Auction said.

With the deteriorating economy, college students have many things to worry about. One of the biggest issues is finding a job that will pay for college debt. We asked students from across the country about their concerns. Then we turn to the education advisers for Barack Obama and John McCain for their plans for students trying to pay for college.

Several big media companies recently announced new ways to bring TV over the Internet. For example, HBO's streaming service, Sony's PlayStation Vue and a rumored service from Apple.

DoorDash workers get paid per delivery — and oftentimes say they make less than minimum wage. DoorDash is now rolling out a new hourly pay option. But it's not that simple.

In the coming year, many Americans with employer-provided health insurance will face rising premiums along with increases in deductibles and co-pays. Those costs are expected to continue to rise over the next few years. In a two-part series for Morning Edition, NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the latest effort by employers to hold down health-care spending.

Teachers throughout Florida are making their way to Tallahassee to protest on Monday, the eve of the start of the 2020 legislative session. The teachers...

Brazilian author Beatriz Bracher's new novel — her first to be published in English — follows a professor who, years later, is still haunted by his arrest and torture during Brazil's dictatorship.

After a slow start to the fifth Democratic presidential debate, the surging Pete Buttigieg parried attacks on race and his level of experience.

More than 91% of American University's staff voted in favor of the weeklong strike, according to the union.

Many people adopted dogs during the pandemic and got used to letting them run free at nearly empty parks and school fields. Now, some cities are aiming to put those dogs back on the leash.