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Seven farmworkers traveling in a van and the driver of a pickup truck were killed Friday in a head-on crash in a farming area in central California, police said.

Steve Martin went from performing in an empty San Francisco coffee house to hosting the Oscars. In between, he spent 18 years as a stand-up comic — four of them, by his account, successful years. His early standup routines, TV specials and other TV appearances have been released in a new DVD box set.

Unless Congress raises the debt ceiling soon, the government won't be able to pay its bills. Here's a graph showing some of the big payments coming due.

The recorder was damaged, but the memory chip has been found, Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority says. A ship has also taken photographs of "several main locations" of the plane's wreckage.

How many delegates does each candidate have in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race? NPR keeps track.

The songwriter, guitarist and singer grounded her seventh studio album in the beauty and brutality of real life.

Foreign Policy makes the case that the rise of emerging markets, the creation of social media and other events have had stronger impacts than the terrorist attacks.

Tell us what your favorite unexpected recipes and ingredients are when cooking during the holidays.

Most of Kentucky, parts of Illinois and all of Tennessee are going to be under a winter storm warning starting late Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Listener Martha Hasting plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Susan Davis.