The Dow Jones advanced after Trump said he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell and on hopes of easing tensions over tariffs ...

The conclave to select a new pope will be sharply different from the body that chose Francis in 2013. Experts say that could ...

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Facebook's parent company hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up ...

Laila Lalami's dystopian novel centers on a woman who's been incarcerated because an algorithm flagged her as a crime risk.

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate.

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Carson's star has been on the rise, and his latest album debuts at No. 1 thanks to a bit of good timing. Also: Record Store ...

The Department of Education says it will resume collections on May 5 and send wage garnishment notices "later this summer." ...

The U.S. is showing signs that it is increasingly willing to withdraw from a peace process that has grown more complex in ...

John Ondrasik talks about the new version of his song "Superman." In 2001, the song became an anthem honoring 911 first responders. He's rewritten it to remember Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.

The International Monetary Fund has soured on the global economy in a new forecast because of Trump's tariffs. NPR talks with Jason Furman, economist and Harvard professor, about the IMF's forecast.