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As the California heatwave continues, state officials issued a power grid emergency alert and are asking consumers to find ways to reduce consumption to avoid rolling blackouts

Big firms are again offering more generous health plans alongside or instead of policies with sky-high deductibles. Why? They need to do so to stay competitive and recruit top talent.

In times of crisis, we're grateful for music that speaks to the current moment. So we asked a handful of visionary artists: Who taught you that music could be a vehicle for political expression?

NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to Dariia Hirna, a Ukrainian journalist and a human rights activists, as she tried to flee the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in her car.

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a series of televised hearings tonight.

Finland and Sweden have long kept a careful balance — and neutral position — between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

Music festivals in the Bay Area this September include Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the new Portola festival.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Harry Litman, a law professor and former DOJ official, about the upcoming hearings from the committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Nashville mourns the victims of a school shooting in a citywide public vigil attended by first lady Jill Biden.

The Fed will continue raising interest rates this week as inflation continues to soar. Some CEOs worry the fight to bring prices under control could end up sparking an economic downturn.

As President Joe Biden seeks a second term in office, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans are concerned about his mental fitness.