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The president-elect has said he'll put his three oldest children in charge of his assets. Rachel Martin talks to Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell about potential ethical issues that presents.

What role, if any, should social media companies play in monitoring fake news? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Vivian Schiller, former head of Twitter's news operation.

A week before the election NPR's Rachel Martin talked with a group of suburban women from across the political spectrum about the election. This week we went back.

NPR's Michel Martin has this remembrance for her friend, journalist Gwen Ifill, who died last week at the age of 61.

Closing out his final overseas trip, Obama said he'd avoided ethical scandals by trying to follow the spirit, not just the letter, of the law and suggested Trump would be wise to follow his example.

The chancellor announced on Sunday she'll seek another term. "This election will be even more difficult than those we have had before as we are facing a strong polarization," she says.

Over the next three days, NPR's Philip Reeves will take us along as he travels through the heart of Pakistan by train. We start in northern Pakistan and will travel south 1,000 miles to Karachi.

A New Zealand brewery had a new beer out in Sweden — until cans started exploding. Sweden stopped selling it. The brewer issued a voluntary recall and blames over-carbonation.

Mergent Inc., a small financial information company based in Fort Mill, is being sold to the London Stock Exchange.Terms of the deal announced Monday…

Many cities are converting to LED streetlights. The move can help restore darker skies and make stars visible again, and they also save energy and money. But some LEDs emit light that disrupts sleep.

In 2015, a first edition copy of Gabriel García Márquez's classic was stolen from a Bogota book fair. Many cases in that city go unsolved, but local law enforcement went all out to find the book.

The rapper is undergoing medical evaluation due to stress and exhaustion, according to news reports. Earlier, West cancelled the remainder of his Saint Pablo tour.

The Toronto jazz band is heavily influenced by today's hip-hop. "We came about precisely from just goofing around and having fun," bassist Chester Hansen says.

What happens when you make robots that are smart, independent thinkers — and then try to limit their autonomy? A $10 million gift is aimed at answering such questions at Carnegie Mellon University.

On Monday, we boarded a train with NPR's Philip Reeves to take a tour of Pakistan. Our journey began in Rawalpindi, and after riding 1,000 miles south, we'll end up in Karachi on Wednesday.

Westgate resorts bought all the townhouses in an Orlando community — except one. Julieta Corredor declined to sell. She's suing now to keep her house from being surrounded by a timeshare development.

Voters in an online poll have declared the airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul to have "America's Best Restroom." The poll was run by Cintas, a company that makes bathroom products.

Cliff Barrows, the longtime music director and friend of the Rev. Billy Graham, was eulogized at Calvary Church in south Charlotte on Tuesday morning. He…

On Monday, Italian restaurant chain Maggiano's Little Italy issued an apology for hosting the National Policy Institute's banquet.

The Oscar winner joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to talk about the World War II romantic thriller, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, and his work in the film industry.