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The singer will become the first woman to start a new fashion line with the luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and the first woman of color to lead one of its fashion houses.

Exciting and colorful Hollywood treasures turn up at the estate sale of a woman who made patterns for renowned costume designers Edith Head and Bob Mackie.

China's lockdowns of big cities to fight coronavirus outbreaks are prompting concern about more disruptions to global industries after two makers of processor chips said their factories were affected.

Each U.S. household can order four tests from COVIDtests.gov. The administration also plans to give out 400 million N95 masks for free through pharmacies, grocery stores and community health centers.

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.

Thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. The law aims to address burnout exacerbated by the pandemic.

What does college sound like? Send us your best podcasts and our judges will choose a winner from among 10 finalists

In a series of reports for Radio Expeditions, Elizabeth Arnold journeys to Sri Lanka with one of the first teams to assess the environmental aftermath of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami.

Emilio Delgado, who spent decades entertaining children playing Luis on Sesame Street, has died. His was the longest-running role for a Mexican American in a TV series. Delgado was 81.

Maytag's new owner, Whirlpool, says it will make huge cuts to the white- and blue-collar work force in Newton, Iowa, laying off thousands of workers. Slated to close are Maytag's corporate headquarters and research center in Newton, a town synonymous with Maytag that has seen generations of family members work in the state's most visible Fortune 500 company.

The U.S. Senate on Monday will begin debate on a constitutional ban on gay marriage. If passed, it would become the 28th amendment to the Constitution. Humorist Brian Unger compares the proposed amendment with the previous 27.

At Sunday's Tony Awards, fans will focus on actors, writers, directors and designers. But hundreds of others, whose names are less prominently displayed on the playbill, are a crucial part of the Broadway scene.

High oil prices are leading to record earnings at companies like Exxon Mobil, which reported a first-quarter profit of $8.4 billion. Energy analyst John Olson talks with Steve Inskeep about where oil companies are spending their profits.

Cardiac devices called ICDs can detect a heart attack and deliver a strong shock in response. But a new study shows that the machines aren't as reliable as many believed. Nearly one in every 300 has to be replaced.

Forty years ago this month, the Beatles began recording Rubber Soul. A new tribute CD features remakes of the landmark album's 14 tracks. Some of the artists weren't even born yet in 1965, when Rubber Soul came out.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor and Hollywood economist Edward Jay Epstein about why he thinks weekend movie box office figures are meaningless.

The gender gap in higher education overall is widening in favor of women. Colleges are handing out 200,000 more degrees to women than to men this graduation season -- even as the debate over attracting women to the sciences continues.

Senators voted on the Women's Health Protection Act on Wednesday, but, as expected, it did not reach the 60 vote threshold to pass. It failed 49-51.

Commentator Nora Harrington recalls how she was introduced to drinking her freshman year in college, as part of a sports team initiation ritual. She says the current legal drinking age of 21 encourages binge drinking, and thinks the solution is better education.

Drugmaker Merck faces more than 7,000 lawsuits related to its painkiller Vioxx. The first of four federal Vioxx trials is slated to begin Tuesday in Houston. The case involves a 53-year-old Florida man who had a fatal heart attack in 2001 after a month on Vioxx.