This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest David Byrne and panelists Rob Anderson, Alonzo ...

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.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fellow host, Scott Detrow, and NPR editor, Daniel Burke about their new book, "American Pope: Leo XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City." ...

We look at how some concerning economic indicators as well as the ongoing war in Iran might affect the midterm elections.

California voters will decide whether the state will charge a one-time tax on billionaires. The idea that has split Democrats and labor unions.

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected last month. As in recent months, most new jobs went to women. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to address a loophole in state law that makes it difficult to prosecute cases when a sexual assault victim willingly consumes drugs or alcohol.

A youth-led movement demands the resignation of India's election commissioner after 130 million people were struck off voter rolls, and weeks after forcing the education minister to stand down.

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

The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining ...

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

Other former foster youth spoke of adults who made a difference: The staffer at the residential center who listened, or a ...