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After cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022, specialized distressed asset investors started buying up the company's debt. They stand to make big profits off the remains of FTX.

The first results are in from a charity experiment in Kenya. Those who got a lump sum of money were far more likely to start a business — and earn more — compared to those who got monthly payments.

High oil and gas prices are hitting some New England families hard. The cold winter, followed by the rising cost of home heating oil due to the war in the Middle East, makes it hard to pay the bills.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Heather Conley, former deputy assistant secretary of State for European Affairs, about the peace talks in Florida that seek to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Women make up only 4 percent of construction workers on job sites working with tools. Some are worried that tariffs on building supplies will slow down commercial building construction.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has endured many wars at Easter. This year, as it faces another one, pilgrims have stayed away.

Some people are splurging. Others are finding that their refunds are being swallowed up by the rising cost of gas.

The Supreme Court struck down most of the limits that Congress and the courts had previously established to protect the independence of regulatory agencies that comprise much of the federal government.

A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets.

In the 1940s, a group of young Jewish women living in the ghettos of Poland reacted to Hitler's murderous campaign with unfathomable courage.