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Home sellers won 1.8 billion dollars in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday. The verdict could upend the real estate business.

Florida Matters looks at how to navigate open enrollment for Medicare. And we explore what Medicaid 'unwinding' means for hundreds of thousands of Floridians.

The Treasury Department prepares for the worst if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Colorado River states announce a breakthrough water sharing deal. TikTok sues Montana over its new law banning the app.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chair of the Finance Committee, about the ProPublica report revealing tax information for the wealthiest Americans.

A pair of new NPR/Ipsos polls shed new light on how teachers and parents are feeling after another tumultuous school year.

California has shockingly few certified bilingual worksite inspectors for an estimated 3.4 million workers who speak limited English. The shortage leaves many of these workers less protected.

The decision came after a long-simmering controversy over who should pay the cost of collecting the voter-approved tax.

The UAW strike has shut down plants making some popular vehicles. But the long-term consequences on car prices depend on how broad and prolonged the strike becomes.

Florida taxpayers are on the hook for more than $1.5 million in legal fees -- including nearly $1 million to civil-rights lawyers -- because of Gov....

Could a shorter work week be the answer to the UK's productivity problem?

Requiring all Americans to have health insurance is one of the proposals now being considered in Washington, D.C. Massachusetts already requires its residents to be insured, but people aren't always able to afford a policy, even when the state helps out.

Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects.

If your love for Edgar Allan Poe has been gently rapping, rapping at your chamber door, just embrace it and watch Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher because it is a hoot and a half.

The child care industry is pivotal for parents being able to work and for children's early learning. It struggles to compete for workers in a smaller labor market. A Miami day care offers a snapshot.

A gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School outside Houston — and scarred hundreds, perhaps thousands more.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a deal with Chinese telecommunications company ZTE — a move that may indicate progress in high-stakes trade talks between the U.S. and China.

An original, annotated manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony fetches $3.5 million in a Sotheby's auction. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr looks at the place that this symphony, with its "Ode to Joy," holds in Western culture.

Piano-playing siblings from Utah, The 5 Browns' members were once the media darlings of classical music. They received the kind of mainstream press coverage most young classical musicians could only dream of. Now, a few years following the frenzy, the group is still building its career.

The author-illustrator is most famous for books such as Where The Sidewalk Ends, but he also had a gift for songwriting. Silverstein penned songs for artists including Dr. Hook and Marianne Faithful, and perhaps most famously, was responsible for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue." Now, musicians Bobby Bare, Sr. and Bobby Bare, Jr. have curated a tribute album, in memory of their friend, entitled Twistable, Turnable Man.

That's what the buyer shelled out for a pair of heavy-duty miner's pants at an auction last week in Reno, Nev. They were found in an 1857 shipwreck, making them the oldest pair of jeans in the world.

It can be hard to pick a good karaoke song. You want it to be something you know well enough to pull off onstage, but also something you actually like. Here's how to narrow down your options.

A California ballot proposition to tax the wealthy to pay for electric vehicle incentives has split the state's Democrats. Gov. Gavin Newsom made himself the face of the opposition campaign.

Chabon created the Escapist for his 2000 novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay — but now he's become a real comic hero, his exploits drawn by equally legendary figures such as Will Eisner.

Mathematics may seem like an unusual tool to catch criminals, but real math and actual events inspire the CBS crime drama Numb3rs. Guests discuss the intersection of math-based crime solving and prime-time television.

As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet.