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The partial government shutdown has left national parks open but unstaffed. In some places, cities and states are spending local money to keep them well maintained.

For the second time in two decades, California's largest utility, PG&E, is declaring bankruptcy — this time in the face of potentially massive wildfire liabilities.

William Barr appears has written critically about the Mueller investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats are concerned he could meddle in the probe.

The president paid for the meal himself, he said. That did not spare him from the disdainful glee of Twitter hecklers.

One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.

Laurent Gbagbo had been charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the wake of his 2010 electoral loss. Charges against his former youth minister also were dropped.

"The brilliant thing about their work when you watch it, it seems so nonchalant," Reilly says of the iconic slapstick duo. He plays Oliver Hardy in the new film Stan & Ollie.

Immortal Technique, Taina and Reyna Grande's New Memoir

A mini biosphere was sent up in China's Chang'e-4, which landed on the far side of the moon in early January. Photos show the small, green shoot of a cotton plant in a container aboard the spacecraft.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nick Melvoin, vice president of the Los Angeles Unified School District board of education, about the walkout of 31,000 teachers' union members.