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The Fed is expected to start cutting interest rates on Wednesday — marking a milestone in the central bank's long-running battle against inflation.

U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in April. That's the smallest number in six months. A gradual cooling of the job market may help to ease concerns about inflation.

After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is now saying goodbye to electric scooters. It was one of the first major cities to embrace them in 2018.

In the digital age it's easy to forget how important it is, for health and well being, to slow down enjoy each meal.

Trump says a deal has been reached to end the war between the U.S. and Iran. Plus, this is what extreme temperatures do to the human body — and how you can keep yourself safe.

Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.

The Commerce Department reported that inflation cooled to 4.2% in March over the previous year.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are ramping up their campaigns across Texas and Ohio ahead of the states' March 4 Democratic primaries. But voters are focused on very different issues in the two states.

Jamaicans brace themselves for Hurricane Ivan, expected to make a direct hit on the island Friday afternoon. On Thursday, the Category 4 storm devastated Grenada, killing 13 people and damaging most of the homes on the island. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Peter David, a member of parliament in Grenada.

On the 4th of July, NASA successfully arranged for a probe to get in the way of a comet. The collision produced a huge cloud of debris and reams of data for scientists to study. They now know more about the makeup of comets. But one office pool among the scientists remains unresolved: What did the resulting crater look like?

The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that districts in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., went too far in their school-desegregation plans by using a student's race to determine which school he or she is assigned to.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that the prisoners at Guantanamo do have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. The justices ruled 5-4 that the Constitutional right of habeas corpus applies to the detainees even in "extraordinary times."

The invasive Asian longhorned beetle has turned up in Worcester, Mass., and it's hungry for hardwood trees. Over 4,000 trees in the Worcester area are infested and slated for removal, but five times that many might have to be cut down.

Calm down, Scrabble purists. Turns out rumors about allowing proper nouns in the beloved board game were just rumors. Scrabble expert Stefan Fatsis says the rules have remained virtually unchanged since the game was first marketed in 1948 — and after 62 years of consistency, no one can mess with the game that easily.

His latest book, The House of Doors, is a decade-shifting story that delves into tragedy, cultural dissonance and memory loss.

Hundreds of millions have climbed out of poverty, but an equality gap has widened. Seventy years after Mao's revolution, many Chinese people reflect on their own stories of struggle and mobility.

Texas BBQ just earned a new level of respect. Four BBQ joints in Austin and Houston were awarded a coveted Michelin star this week.

Steve Sandvoss, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, joins NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro to talk about the likely compromise of the state's voter registration systems.

James Nicholson, the top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says he will leave his post by Oct. 1. Under Nicholson, the agency was criticized for being unprepared to care for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The famous — even infamous — producer, known for his "wall of sound," died Saturday. He produced records for The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner as well as The Beatles, among many others.

People who inherit two copies of a common gene variant are very likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. Learning you are one of those people can be tough. Three scientists are in this situation.

Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.

Ukrainians have raised tens of millions of dollars in digital currency to assist in the fight against Russia. Washington aims to stop Russia from using crypto to bypass western sanctions.

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 43,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris, including a 12-year-old boy.

Plus school district secession, student borrower complaints and more.