The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.

HBO's War is intended to be an anthology series about two dueling London law firms. The first season stars Dominic West and ...

This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display.

Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by ...

Farmers and businesses face a looming federal ban on hemp-derived THC products. It is set to go into effect at the by year-end, threatening to upend a multibillion-dollar market for low-dose drinks.

The Cornell University Police Department is leading the investigation into an alleged gang rape two years ago. How effective is that approach, and is the campus police accountable to the public?

Christa Pike remains in critical condition on Friday after the state of Tennessee tried and failed to execute her two days earlier. Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information ...

Starting Oct. 1, refugees and asylum seekers are losing access to Medicaid across the country because of H.R. 1, the Trump ...

The officeholder oversees and administers the state’s elections and is third in succession following the governor and ...

A line of trash trucks stretched more than half a mile at the Cerro Colorado Landfill on Wednesday after heavy rain ground ...

As former Hurricane Polo weakened over northwestern Mexico on Tuesday evening, the storm's remnants battered the U.S.

A powerful El Niño is already influencing extreme weather around the planet. During the last strong El Niño, federal agencies ...