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Air traffic control lost contact with the Cessna just 15 minutes after takeoff, the NTSB tells NPR. The wayward business jet set off military and defense alarms in the national capital area.

The agreement Thursday capped a months-long bidding war and arrives one day after Spirit's attempt to merge with Frontier Airlines fell apart. The deal still needs approval from antitrust regulators.

We talk about his latest work, his upcoming third album, and what he's learned from nearly a decade of stardom.

It's her world and we're all just living in it.

Brooklynites Danny, an OTB clerk, and Annie, a nurse, began chronicling their life together in the early days of StoryCorps — from their first date to Danny's final days with terminal cancer.

Singer Toni Braxton is remixing her career in film, teaming up with Lifetime to produce and star in movies -- some based on her own hits. Her latest film takes inspiration from "He Wasn't Man Enough."

In the midst of a divorce, Jolena Rothweil asked to borrow some money from a friend. All he asked in return was that she pay it forward, and that act began a chain of kindness.

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

A record number of Americans have health insurance right now, but experts worry it won't last. millions of people are set to lose Medicaid, and some states have already begun to send warning letters.

Thousands of Americans and other foreigners are trying to flee Sudan. Some are making it to Saudi Arabia, but getting out is dangerous and foreign governments are offering limited support.

"There are some lessons that only grief and responsibility can teach us," says Weekend Edition host Scott Simon. His new memoir, Unforgettable, is about the life and death of his mother.

The vote is a victory for a group of bipartisan Senate negotiators who worked with the White House to craft the agreement. The measure faces an uphill path in the House.

The incident resulted in a humongous pile of melted chocolate on the road. How sweet would it have been to have a truck hauling marshmallows and graham crackers show up?

Sarah Wildman's daughter Orli died at age 14. "She would sometimes ask me, 'What do you think I did to deserve this?' And of course, that's not an answerable question," Wildman says.

The Artemis I mission is uncrewed, but that doesn't mean the spacecraft is empty. Lots of mementos are making the trip, along with manikins that will help NASA prepare to send humans back to the moon.

Sunscreen is crucial for skin protection and the SPF is important. But dermatologists say the key to good summer skin care is applying plenty of lotion and re-applying it often, even when it's cloudy.

Eating healthier and paying attention to your diet does not mean you have to skimp on flavor.

If you think alcohol is problematic for you, or want to avoid drinking too much, or just aren't the biggest drinker, here are some strategies for navigating end-of-year celebrations.

The very first Apple computer — an Apple-1 — was really only a circuit board. But for computer geeks and tech-lovers, that board could become a collectors item when it goes up for auction.

She shares food-related hacks for your summer road trip, plane ride or cruise. You'll learn how to avoid sticker shock at the airport, how to make your own ice pack in a hotel mini-fridge, and the kitchen item Carrie never leaves home without.

President Biden unveiled a slimmed down spending framework to House Democrats. He discussed the transformative nature of the package, but some major priorities Democrats hoped to include were dropped.

Todd Haynes' quasi-biopic assigns six Dylanesque personae to his cast; some do outright imitations, while others offer symbolic takes. Meanwhile the director cycles through his own stylistic personae.

There's a new pill and new ways to pay for the weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s.

The school district says it must make the cuts, or risk not being able to pay its staff by summer.

A federal court jury in New York found 5 of Bernard Madoff's former employees guilty of fraud. They were accused of enriching themselves by helping the imprisoned financier carry out a Ponzi scheme.