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Two years ago, New Century Financial was the country's second largest subprime mortgage lender. Now, it's in bankruptcy, and a new report mandated by the bankruptcy court shines light on the company's shady practices.

President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He fired the previous leader after a disappointing jobs report.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Guardian's Jon Swaine about reporting on fatal police killings in the U.S. that have happened so far in 2015.

Crime is down on Tennessee college campuses, according to a new report released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.The report states crime decreased…

Candidates are now filing to run for office in Kentucky, and they're facing a confusing set of campaign finance laws, many of which have not been updated…

It's estimated that one of every 20 adolescents suffers from clinical depression. Few of the newer antidepressants have proven effective for teens. But researchers are reporting positive, measurable results with cognitive behavior therapy. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.

-- David Hecht reports the people of Senegal are eagerly awaiting President Clinton's arrival today. Although historically linked to France, the Senegalese see more hope for the future in an alliance with the United States than their former colonial ruler.

Salsa has been popular in Africa for years. Senegal's brand of Afropop, called Mbalax, creates a kind of music that's spreading beyond Senegal's borders. David Hecht reports about the new music trend from Dakar.

AG Pam Bondi's contentious hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, six House Republicans vote against Trump's Canadian tariffs, revised figures show hiring in 2025 was lower than reported.

The head of a House committee that is investigating the Democratic National Committee's fundraising practices said yesterday that he is expanding his probe to include charges that the Chinese government tried to gain influence with the Clinton administration by engineering foreign campaign contributions. The White House denies both this allegation and a new press report that the administration altered its policy toward Guam after the DNC received almost a million dollars from residents of the U.S. territory. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.