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On this Labor Day, we check in with the author of "Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy."

Many fruits and vegetables must be harvested by hand because it's hard and costly to design machines that won't damage them. But as farm labor dwindles, there's a new push to develop more farm robots.

The increasing popularity of the trail is raising concerns at Baxter State Park in Maine, where thru-hikers often complete their arduous journeys with a celebratory climb up Mount Katahdin.

New research finds impressive academic gains from the city's vaunted preschool program now that its first graduates are beginning high school.

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews the speaker of Iran's parliament on the nuclear deal, which is under review by lawmakers in the U.S. and Iran.

As Congress will be voting on the nuclear deal with Iran in the coming days, Morning Edition highlights lawmakers who have announced how they will vote on the deal.

China issued a warning about mooncakes — round pastries traditionally exchanged during an Autumn festival. Media have been directed to avoid ads which use "extravagant wording" to sell pastries.

In their defense, the two students say that a game official had used racial slurs — and that one of their coaches had suggested getting payback for bad calls.

Congress has to vote soon on Iran's deal to limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. But it isn't business as usual on Capitol Hill: For starters, a "yes" vote actually means "no."

People in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest were drinking cacao and tea-like yaupon in places where neither grew. That suggests an extensive trade network to deliver a caffeine fix.