Hiring has picked up in recent months. We'll find out this morning if that trend continued into June. The Labor Department is set to deliver its monthly update on employment and unemployment.

As heatwaves sweep the country, NPR's A Martinez asks W. Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn State University, how extreme heat affects humans.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brad Lander, Democratic nominee for New York's tenth congressional district, about the rise of democratic socialists in the Democratic party.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with "positive progress made," ...

The large-scale attack with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones damaged buildings and civilian infrastructure across the ...

Several Democratic governors sent National Guard members to D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations. But residents have noticed them patrolling the city with Trump's anti-crime task force instead.

It's a tick that hunts you down and transmits a potentially dangerous allergy to red meat. The New Yorker writer Burkhard Bilger discusses the lone star tick and the risks of alpha-gal syndrome.

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

Every July 1, former Major League Baseball star Bobby Bonilla collects a $1.19-million check from his former team, the New York Mets. It’s more money than some of baseball’s current stars will make in ...

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of ...

A civics-minded family in Atlanta celebrates America’s big birthday by running together. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Sofi Gratas reports. This article was originally publish ...

President Trump's mandatory financial disclosure report shows that the Trump family pulled in at least $2.2 billion last year.