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My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.

The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

President Trump's administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other countries?

Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara and Italian skier Miro Tabanelli pulled off the six-and-a-half-rotation maneuver in competition for the first time in history.

The DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, positive response from people, including those who call the trees inspirational.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yrsa Daley-Ward about her novel, "The Catch." It follows twin sisters who discover their long dead mother might be ... alive.

Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years. We visit a school in Florida that's trying to get them on the job faster.

A coalition of unions, nonprofits and local governments has sued President Trump, Elon Musk and the heads of nearly two dozen agencies in an effort to block mass layoffs in the federal government.

President Trump signed an executive memorandum telling federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office. Harvard Business School's Raj Choudhury talks about what research says of the move.