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Workers are demanding higher wages and more staffing to ease their workload. The union says that cuts to staffing and guest services that many hotels made during the COVID-19 pandemic were never restored.

The pope's meeting with the Muslim leader in Jakarta comes during the first leg of an intense 11-day, four-nation tour in Asia and Oceania.

The pioneer of mariacheño uses the excitement of motion between bodies to distract from his heart's wounds.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Justin Levitt, a former Justice Department official, about top election crimes prosecutor Richard Pilger's decision to step down.

Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

The creation of the automobile gave rise to a new kind of freedom and privacy, while also transforming Los Angeles into the sprawling, car-centric metropolis it is today.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pamela White, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Haiti from 2012 to 2015, about why she thinks the call for outside help is necessary.

The blockbuster movies have been pushed back once again — Top Gun: Maverick is now scheduled to hit theaters in the spring and Mission: Impossible 7 won't be released until next September.

At a "listening session" at the Fed conference in Jackson Hole, liberal groups warn about the impact on poor and minority communities of raising interest rates too quickly.

"I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen," Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is expected to tell House committees Tuesday.

Vito, a pug from Chapel Hill, N.C., beat out more than 1,900 dogs representing more than 200 breeds and varieties that competed in this year's event.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

Could humor be the key to bridging a divided nation? Read these relatively nonpolitical jokes told by six very politically outspoken comedians, and tell us which ones you think are funny. We'll try to determine whether that says something about your political leanings.

From helping students be on their best behavior to taking history lessons to the Twitterverse, teachers are using a range of apps — many of them free — to harness mobile technology in the classroom.

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. One of the leading Latin musicians of his generation, Palmieri founded a number of seminal bands.

More than 40 films are on tap for Charlotte’s third annual CineOdyssey Film Festival, being held at the Mint Museum. The three-day festival features…

Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras.

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.

Updated 5:45 p.m. SundayNorth Carolina passed a milestone on Sunday morning with more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus reported throughout the state.…

NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."