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President Biden recently issued executive actions that severely restrict asylum for immigrants. But in a remote area of California, asylum seekers continue to pour in.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, because the central bank is more concerned about the job market than it is with battling inflation.

In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.

U.S. Soccer has settled its dispute with the U.S. Women's National Team over working conditions, but left undecided the key sticking point: equal pay. It's expected that'll still be fought in court.

NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre joins NPR's Daniel Estrin to discuss the attack and what it means for U.S. military operations in the region.

The film, made in 1939 or 1940, shows Lowry as a child playing on the beach, with a ship in the distance. She later learned it was the USS Arizona, which sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded today two three professors -- two in the U.S. and one in Europe -- for their research on how technology and "creative destruction" fuels economic growth.

A new app is gaining popularity in Western states with major wildfire risk. It's staffed in part by volunteers who listen in on first responder radio frequencies.

Engineers at Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin are trying to figure out why their massive New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad Thursday night.

What seemed like a quiet race for Delaware governor has turned into a bitter fight ahead of next week’s primary election after the frontrunner has been mired in accusations of improperly handling campaign money.