NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.

The federal debt passed an uncomfortable milestone this year, outgrowing the entire U.S. economy. That poses risks, but policymakers show little sign of addressing it.

A phone booth has been installed at the Boston Public Library where visitors can leave messages. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Meredith Goldstein from the Boston Globe about her project.

Iran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.

A panel of judges in Louisiana has just ended telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationally.

Spirit Airlines ceased operation overnight. This comes as jet fuel prices - which have soared since the start of the war on Iran - have led to of thousands of flight cuts in Europe and in the U.S.

We look at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's two-day Congressional testimony, as well as what the Supreme Court's changes to the Voting Rights Act will mean for future elections.

Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought ...

In 2006, an infamous scene from The Devil Wears Prada schooled viewers on how fashion trends make their way from the runway ...

So let's take a look at the landscape, in order of most to least likely to flip. Tier 1 is most likely, Tier 2 is competitive ...

Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new ...