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A new report from the National Academy of Sciences says the honey bees that pollinate billions of dollars worth of farm crops are in decline. That could spell trouble for the farm economy.

The U.S. Labor Department says the nation's unemployment rate in December rose to a 16-year high of 7.2 percent. Employers cut 524,000 jobs during the month. The report also showed that 2.6 million jobs were lost in 2008, the most since 1945.

Whether or not the CIA's interrogation techniques produced viable intelligence, they were still morally wrong, says Bloomberg View columnist Stephen Carter. He tells NPR's Scott Simon why.

A Whistleblower told ProPublica that Microsoft chose profit over security and left the U.S. government vulnerable to a Russian hack.

From abortion restrictions in Kansas to the removal of so-called junk fees in California, here are some laws taking effect today in states.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Vikkie Walker, a travel reporter for The Points Guy, about what tourism looks like in the Caribbean region during the pandemic.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report that gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, leading to a complete breakdown of government, without additional international support.

A report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live longer. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages.

Government accountability officer says fraud is committed by "all walks of life" including "insider threats," but must be proven in court

A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.