Illustrations by Kristen Uroda for NPR When I was in middle school, I'd spend hours sitting in a dark closet in my bedroom on the phone with my cousin. We'd gab about our crushes, using…
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime political foe of President Donald Trump who previously sued him for making misleading statements to banks, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in federal court on bank…
Speaking from the White House on Thursday, President Trump said he believes lawmakers will ultimately support U.S. efforts to strike alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. But he said he did not think the…
The arrests of two well-known NBA figures Thursday in a nationwide federal investigation into internal gambling and high-tech scam poker — especially a sitting head coach and former Finals Most Valuable Player — have roiled…
Wanda Bright, a federal worker affected by the shutdown, picks up food from the Capital Area Food Bank in Hyattsville, Md., on Tuesday. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU The sight was staggering…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is slated to publish September inflation data on Friday morning, in spite of a government shutdown that has paralyzed federal reporting and has no end in sight. The Consumer Price…
From left: Misty Copeland, Malala Yousafzai, mystery axolotl. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre; John Phillips/Getty Images; Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre; John Phillips/Getty Images;…
