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Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

Voters will decide on a slew of criminal justice ballot measures this election. Legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others and boosting police pay are among the proposed changes.

Robert Siegel talks with Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, about the union's split from the AFL-CIO. Stern formally announced the division at a news conference in Chicago Monday afternoon.

After Fitch warned the U.S. its AAA rating could be in jeopardy, there is fear of a repeat of what happened in 2011, when Standard & Poors downgraded the U.S. to AA+.

Why on Earth are Monk and The Amazing Race set to make Emmy history? Forget who we think should win Sunday. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein lists the nominees whose victories would be "criminal." Even darling 30 Rock comes under Wallenstein's fire.

Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the high-tech devices. But there are critics and also privacy concerns.

After moving away, Ask Amy columnist Amy Dickinson returned to her hometown of Freeville, N.Y. There, she married a man she first met at age 12, and cared for her mother in her final days.

The Justice Department laid out its case in the massive monopoly trial against Google which has been underway in Washington, D.C., for two months. Now it's Google's turn to call witnesses.

As the House moves closer to voting on the Biden administration's relief bill, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about objections to the $1.9 trillion price tag.

As Twitter employees and some users have been leaving the platform, they've been tweeting their eulogies — and their love letters to the communities they built there.

A couple dozen protesters chanted their slogans at the St. Petersburg City Hall Thursday morning, in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.…

Folk horror is set in remote, isolated areas where nature — and the superstitions of the locals — hold sway. Think: The Wicker Man and Midsommar. It is perfect, spooky, autumnal viewing.

The Gaza Strip needs major reconstruction after the Israeli military hit buildings and infrastructure. Experts say the U.N.-backed process of vetting projects ends up increasing costs and delays.

When confronted by actual journalists, Sports Illustrated deleted the evidence.

"Many of us know the risk [voting] entails because of the pandemic," a protester says, "but we want to hold elections." The vote, postponed twice due to the virus, is now set to take place on Oct. 18.

UAW workers at 38 GM and Stellantis faciilties across 20 states walked off their jobs, though Ford was not hit with new strikes. President Biden is set to attend a picket line next week.

When Brando Skyhorse was 3, he and his mother were abandoned by his Mexican father. So his mother created a new story line for the family, identifying herself and her young son as American Indian.

A new research study finds that students exposed to their very best peers became discouraged about their own abilities and performance — and were more likely to drop out.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," Tampa Mayor Jane Castor talks about plans for a new Rays stadium on her side of the Bay, Ybor City safety and immigration enforcement.

Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his documentary, Still, about his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease.

If a couple divorces, each person's eligibility for insurance-related tax credits will generally be based on his or her own annual income. The former spouse's income won't be counted, even if the couple filed taxes jointly the previous year.

The Writers Guild of America seems poised to go on strike next week, when their current contract with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires.

Welcome to awards season. Between the Golden Globes, the SAG awards, and the upcoming Oscars, it's enough to make anyone question America's fixation on movies. But author Kevin Roose says that Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins, a novel with a funny take on the movie industry, shows that there's something important going on behind the glitz.

When Sonia Anderson got her first Fitbit step tracker, her poor pooch, Bronx, had no idea of all the steps that were coming. The device — which counts...

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on today's Senate debate over a bill that would give a tax break to some married couples. Sponsors of the measure say it fixes a discrepancy that causes some married people to pay more income tax than they would if they were filing as singles. Senators opposed to the bill say it also gives a tax cut to couples who don't pay the so-called marriage penalty, but in fact pay less filing jointly than they would singly.