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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday after the Fed announced it would increase interest rates by a quarter-point.

Fed Raises Key Interest Rate For 4th Time Since 2015

The quarter-point increase in the Federal Reserve's benchmark rate was widely expected. Rates are still near historic lows, but the increase will mean higher borrowing costs for consumers.

At Least 7 People Killed, Dozens Hurt In Blast At Kindergarten, Chinese Media Say

It is not immediately clear what caused the blast, which tore through the kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday. Grim images of the aftermath quickly began to circulate on social media.

Mexican Politician Channels Frank Underwood, Prompting Snark From Netflix

A former mayor in Mexico delivered lines that belonged to the malevolent fictional president. "Imitation isn't always the best form of flattery," the official House of Cards Twitter account said.

Legal Analysis On Bill Cosby's Mistrial, Not Guilty Verdict In Philando Castile Case

University of North Carolina law school professor Joseph Kennedy and former Maryland state attorney Glenn Ivey discuss developments in the Philando Castile verdict and Bill Cosby's mistrial.

The merger of Dow and DuPont is one of a number of proposed mergers and acquisitions of massive agriculture and chemical companies.

Dow, DuPont Merger Approved By US Antitrust Regulators

Two giants of American agriculture and industry are closer to becoming one. Dow and DuPont, both leaders in agricultural chemicals and seeds, among...

As Macron's Strength Grows In France, May's Popularity Wanes In Britain

A look at the latest political shakeups in Europe as French president Emmanuel Macron cements his strong parliamentary majority and British Prime Minister Theresa May's popularity declines.

Now appearing in a public-school classroom near you: Lessons from Big Oil

For decades, the oil and gas industry has been promoting the benefits of fossil fuels in America’s public-school classrooms.As StateImpact Oklahoma…

Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare brain disease in 2010, and then learned she had inherited the same genetic mutation. She and her husband, Eric Minikel, went back to school to study the family of illnesses — prion diseases — in the hope of finding a cure for Sonia.

A Couple's Quest To Stop A Rare Disease Before It Takes One Of Them

Twenty years. That's how long two grad students, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel, think they have before a deadly disease envelops Sonia's brain. The Massachusetts couple is now racing to find a cure.

Internally displaced people gather by a water collection point in a United Nations site outside South Sudan's capital city, Juba, in January. South Sudan's civil war has killed tens of thousands and driven out some 1.8 million people.

I Spent 4 Days In Jail In South Sudan. I Won't Stop Reporting On The Crisis There

NPR's East Africa correspondent, Eyder Peralta, was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

President Trump has updated his financial disclosure report, published by the Office of Government Ethics.

Trump's Business Empire: An Update On His Sources Of Revenue

As a presidential candidate last year, Trump had to disclose his sources of revenues. Now in office, the president has voluntarily updated the information about the Trump Organization's businesses.

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