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The White House says its Middle East peace plan will start with a meeting to ask countries to put up money for Palestinians. Palestinians say their hopes for an independent state aren't for sale.

For years after the Great Recession, employers were reluctant to boost wages. Now a tight labor market is giving workers the leverage they need to demand a larger slice of the nation's economic pie.

A new poll from NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives a glimpse into rural life in America today, finding that many people living in rural communities live on the edge financially.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to CNN anchor Jim Sciutto about his book: The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America.

The United States' financial system dominates transactions around the world and firms scramble to make sure they don't violate newly imposed sanctions.

The grounding of one of Boeing's most popular planes has Southwest, American and United canceling some summer flights — fares may go up for travelers affected.

Every year at a Rochester hospital, the mother duck chooses one of the enclosed courtyards to lay her eggs. And when it's time to go, she leads a parade of ducklings down the hall and out the door.

The four recipients of America's highest jazz honor will be celebrated at a concert in San Francisco next spring.

An album from 50 years ago that could have been a total classic is resurrected from the archives.

A Nepalese mountain climber has now climbed Mount Everest a record 24 times — and he's hoping to do it one more time before he retires.