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The Labor Department says the economy lost another 539,000 jobs in April. Although that's not a good number, it's better than some of the steeper losses earlier this year. The unemployment rate is at 8.9 percent.

Two albums released the same day — Jill Scott's return from a long absence, and Brent Faiyaz's play for a mid-career pivot — offer opposing visions of artistic advancement in the genre.

Writer Sunil Yapa says his father taught him to have a global perspective from a very young age. Yapa's new novel was inspired by explosive global trade protests that took place in Seattle in 1999.

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she played a part in the response that changed its course.

Drift will encompass approximately 1,500 square feet underneath the existing canopy and offer seating for 26 guests. Lounge areas around the structure will seat up to 50 people.

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is competing in the World Junior Chess Championship — but he's also answering questions about an outlandish cheating theory.

A Stradivarius violin, which was stolen and hidden for 35 years, has now been found. It belonged to the late virtuoso Roman Totenberg — the father of NPR's Nina Totenberg. Nina tells the story.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Hollywood agent Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas about her novel "Climbing in Heels," which follows the path of three women secretaries at a Hollywood agency in the '80s.

Steve Inskeep asks Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee with oversight of the Secret Service, about experiencing Saturday's correspondents' dinner shooting.

At least 9,000 people have been forcefully evicted from a community in Lagos. Like many waterfront communities across the city, it has faced threats and been targeted by real estate developers.

Meg Anderson, who has been reporting on the Trump administration's immigration campaign in Minneapolis, talks about what it is like to cover a national event in her home town.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about baseball, the WNBA and a report about Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden using a racial trope to describe NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Mark Molesky, associate professor at Seton Hall University, about his book, This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason.

While concerts have been back in South Korea since the beginning of the year, cheering was prohibited. With COVID restrictions lifting, fans are finally allowed to cheer again.

Jarl Mohn replaces Gary Knell, who left last year to run the National Geographic Society. Mohn is slated to start work at NPR on July 1.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Hunter Biden about his addiction, treatments, and political notoriety.

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her exoneration, she reached out to the man who prosecuted her case. Knox's new memoir is Free.

From spring-training baseball to niche sports, facility investments pay off in Sarasota-Manatee, officials say.

USF alum Rob Higgins, who successfully led the Tampa Bay Sports Commission for two decades, shows his passion and commitment in an introductory "celebration."

When Johanna Basford first told her publisher she wanted to draw books for adults — well, she says, "You can imagine how quiet they were." Today, both of her books have become sellout successes.

In the past, rural Chinese seeking success left their families and found work on the coast. Now, high wages mean factories are shifting inland and migrants are delighted to be following them home.

Batches of emails obtained by the Tampa Bay Times reveal eyewitness accounts from a mysterious fish die-off in the Florida Keys.

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating.

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were all found guilty and will receive mandatory life sentences at a later date.