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The Nevada Legislature is under scrutiny again for an 11th hour bill passed unanimously last session that makes all of its correspondence off limits. To…

When a man claiming to have on a suicide vest demanded to be flown to Cyprus this week, it wasn't terrorism as we know it. Instead, it was reminiscent of the skyjackings once commonplace in the U.S.

Yetta Bronstein ran on a platform of national bingo and mink coats for all. So why don't you know her? Well, because she was fake. But the married pranksters behind Bronstein won't let you forget her.

Baseball season is about to begin but nearly a million fans in the Northeast may not be able to watch their beloved New York Yankees. With opening day looming, the dispute remains unresolved.

It's a wonder Matt Botten was allowed on the plane at all — he was wearing suspiciously thick layers of clothing. Security at the airport passed him through after he emptied his bag to avoid the fee.

The 0.1 percentage-point rise in unemployment was driven by some good news: More people who have been out of work started looking for a job again.

Mississippi's law was the last of its kind in the U.S. The couples in the case were in a variety of circumstances, from desiring to adopt a child to raising children together.

There are different kinds of chest pain, depending on how serious the issue from which it stems. Sometimes it's gas, but what if it's a heart attack? For…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Washington Professor Jacob Vigdor about the state of the minimum wage in Seattle, as California and New York move to lift their minimum wages to $15.

California and New York are set to become the first two states in the country to raise minimum wages to $15 an hour. The hike has already started to take place in some cities. But it's not clear how increases at the state level would impact jobs and the rest of the economy.