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Chile heads to the polls on Sunday, in a fiercely polarized election that mirrors the region's struggles with crime, inflation, and economic stagnation.

Planet Money talks to immigrants in the U.S. and people in Honduras to try to figure out why remittances are surging to some countries right as it is harder for immigrants here to find work.

A planned operation involving U.S. Border Patrol agents in Charlotte drew criticism from local Democrats and immigrant advocates, while some Republican leaders say they trust federal authorities to carry out enforcement operations responsibly.

Democratic Party leaders in Guilford County will meet tomorrow to choose a replacement for the High Point lawmaker, who resigned in late October.

As the fate of SNAP was being debated in Washington, many WIC recipients became confused and stopped attending appointments, even though the program was and is operating fully.

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University officials announced she donated $63 million to the school.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown.

The expansion is on a tract running from Third Street south to Salem Parkway. When completed, Phase II will comprise an estimated 2.7 million square feet of mixed-use development.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sean Ono Lennon about what his mom taught him, and the new documentary about his famous parents, One to One: John and Yoko.

Cuts and disruptions to federal research funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice.