A man and a woman, both in their late 30s, were charged with organized crime and being an accomplice, respectively. In total, ...

In her book The Second Estate, Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax system lets the ultra-rich grow their wealth tax-free while working Americans bear the burden.

A highly-anticipated meeting between president Trump and Xi Jinping leads to a pause - but not an end - to trade and tech competition issues.

President Trump and the GOP are hoping that sending troops to US cities will be a winning strategy for the midterm elections.

A halt in SNAP payments has millions worried about their next meal, raising new questions about how a program born in the Great Depression still defines America's fight against hunger.

Elon Musk's satellite network Starlink is rapidly expanding across the Global South amid a lack of industry regulation. Steven Feldstein, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International ...

NPR's Laura Sullivan, Frank Langfitt and Sacha Pfeiffer reflect on how writing for radio differs from their days in newspapers, and what it takes to make stories come alive through sound.

The switch to standard time offers sleep-deprived teenagers a rare chance to catch up on much-needed rest.

Visitors to the Colosseum in Rome can now walk through a tunnel that even in Roman times was exclusively reserved for emperors ...

Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a ...

A ballroom at the White House could seat nearly a 1,000 guests for state dinners, but what to do while it's being built?

While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the ...