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Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America head Matt Priest tells NPR's Scott Simon about his industry's reaction to the trade war with China.

As coronavirus infections continue to increase in Russia, the virus is taking the lives of Russian health care workers, who complain of a lack protective equipment and political support.

Consumer prices saw their sharpest increase in more than eight years last month, as businesses struggled to keep pace with booming demand.

In Russia, ballet fans brave sub-zero temperatures for a chance to see The Nutcracker at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre.

This year's presidential campaign has focused heavily on economic issues. We look at the last set of indicators to come out before Election Day.

On Sunday, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at 91. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with professor Victoria Sanford of the City University of New York about Rios Montt's role in the Guatemalan civil war, and the troubled legacy he leaves behind.

A computer scientist known as "the godfather of AI" has been warning about the potential dangers of AI. Geoffrey Hinton recently left Google so he could sound the alarm about AI outperforming humans.

In Liane Moriarty's new novel, nine strangers gather at a 10-day wellness retreat looking for transformation — and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kevin Arnovitz, an NBA writer for ESPN, about how LeBron James' decision to take his talents to South Beach 10 years ago has changed the league.

NPR's Ron Elving talks about President Trump's extraordinary suggestion to study disinfectants to treat COVID-19, and about the new aid package for small businesses and hospitals.

Most visitors to Greece's Amorgos don't know though is that on the island itself, water for household use and irrigating crops is far from abundant. Farmers are struggling to grow crops.

It's been a decade since the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nate Persily of Stanford Law School about the decision's effect on campaign finance.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Miranda Yaver, a health policy scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, who offers insights into the high rate of denied health insurance claims.

You may hear the words "impact investing" this week. It's fast becoming the way a new generation of wealthy are choosing to invest in society. Chronicle of Philanthropy editor Stacy Palmer explains.

When even a tiny garret in a major city is crushingly expensive, the ideal of the "starving artist" has shifted since the days when poverty was held up as ennobling.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is confronting fresh questions about how seriously it treats AI safety. Former employees and others say the company should not be trusted with governing itself.

Early this morning, a SpaceX rocket launched four private astronauts into orbit. In a few days, the crew will attempt the first ever private spacewalk ever.

The founder of a notorious Chicago street gang is set to make his first appearance in court in more than 20 years. Larry Hoover hopes a new judge will undo a life sentence he received in 1998.

The foam clogs known as Crocs are lightweight, easy to slip on and off, and beloved by many. So why is social media filled with warnings about how they might be bad for kids' developing feet and gait?

Phone lines that gave callers the time and weather forecast were popular for decades. Even with so many weather apps available today, those call lines still exist, and get thousands of calls per day.