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The Federal Reserve's thinking about interest rates may seem mysterious. But here are some graphs that should help you see where the central bank has been, and why it may be ready to raise rates.

You may think of stock photos as cheesy. You know, the staged pose, the fake backgrounds. But Charlottean Jenifer Daniels is trying to change that. Her…

People in dozens of cities protested against the North Dakota Access Pipeline on Tuesday, including Sen. Bernie Sanders. In North Dakota, where the opposition began, more protesters were arrested.

Socialism is a dirty word for most Americans. But democratic socialist is a label Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wears proudly. On Thursday, he explained what it means to him.

Saudi Arabia recently presented a vision for the future of the kingdom. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Thomas Lippman of the Middle East Institute about the most ambitious part of the plan.

Updated 6:15pmAfter nearly a century generating power in North Carolina, aluminum maker Alcoa is selling its four hydroelectric dams along the Yadkin…

Warsaw once had a reputation for being a gloomy communist city. Today the Polish capital is rapidly developing, with skyscrapers, vegan restaurants and a budding video game industry.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Pierre Vimont of Carnegie Europe about how European countries should approach Iran's latest announcement that it would resume some nuclear activities it had halted earlier.

Twenty-one states extend in-state tuition to either undocumented immigrants or beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or…

The four recipients of America's highest jazz honor will be celebrated at a concert in San Francisco next spring.

Updated 10:19 a.m.The towns of Mooresville and Davidson say they’re planning to sell their money-losing cable TV and internet system, called Continuum.…

In 1972, Gaye began work on a follow-up to his classic album, What's Going On. He laid down over a dozen new tracks, but the project stalled and most of the songs were not released until now.

Better stock up on avocados.

Fewer than 400 licenses will be granted annually, the government of Botswana said Thursday. Conservationists are decrying the decision as horrific and unethical.

Scottish singer, songwriter and essayist Karine Polwart seldom comes stateside, eschewing air travel to reduce her carbon footprint. But on a rare, recent visit, she stopped in D.C. for a Tiny Desk.

Members of a South Carolina House subcommittee considered legislation on Thursday that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into pregnancy.

The country music legend is still writing and recording original material at age 84.

Tesla says it handed over documents after CEO Elon Musk announced he would take Tesla private. Investigators might scrutinize the company's accounting practices and whether investors were misled.

Concern is growing that flood damage from Hurricane Harvey to some of Houston's petrochemical plants may be polluting the air, and could be threatening the water.

In this gorgeously designed movie, the walls of an elaborate cardboard maze are more substantial than the characters inside it.