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Economic historian Gregory Clark's study of social mobility traced surnames and found that a person's success in life may be largely determined by the status of ancestors hundreds of years ago. That means improving opportunities across generations might be a lot harder than anyone imagined.

On the final day of the 2012 campaign, President Obama and Mitt Romney are making a last push in states that could be critical to victory. Obama was scheduled to campaign in three swing states, while Romney had events planned in four. The only overlap was in Ohio, considered the linchpin of the election.

However, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said he had "confirmed that the news reports that the special counsel had subpoenaed financial records relating to the president are false."

A once obscure spirit unless you have Scandinavian heritage, new and old-style aquavit is exploding on the American craft liquor scene. Maybe the secret's in the spices.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gemma Kaneko, a writer and editor with MLB.com's Cut Four, about the history of Japanese baseball players in Major League Baseball.

Investigators are still trying to determine why a man in Austin, Texas built and detonated a series of deadly bombs over the past month. Authorities have continued trying to find the bomber's motives.

Rachel Martin talks to Abraham Denmark of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He served as deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia in the Obama administration.

President Trump is expected to sign off on steel and aluminum tariffs by the end of the week. That's despite the controversy they've generated, including spurring the exit of a key economic aide.

The request for the Army to patrol areas comes days after rival members of a drug cartel started a war in Rio's most dangerous favela. Since Sunday, shootouts have become common in the area.

As President Trump prepares to deliver his speech, immigration is expected to be a major topic. Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Continetti of the conservative publication The Washington Free Beacon.