Big Lots said Friday it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a firm that specializes in distressed companies.

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype ...

Yellen told Congress her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended ...

Severe thunderstorms and an outbreak of tornadoes could disrupt holiday travel Saturday. More than 2,700 flights were delayed ...

Discrimination based on someone's age is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it. Yet it affects us all and ...

The Kremlin said air defense systems were firing near Grozny due to a Ukrainian drone strike as the Azerbaijani airliner attempted to land, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.

The faiths in our family include skepticism. But we have come to think of prayers not as a list of wishes hurled into the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay a law banning TikTok next month. It comes just weeks before TikTok and the Department of Justice are set to argue in front of the high ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Maggie Rowe and Emily Garcés, the hosts of the podcast "50 Words for Snow," about words English needs but does not have.

U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence suggests that Russia is using North Korean soldiers essentially as canon fodder for nearly impossible missions.

Three months since Fresno implemented its new law, police have made over 300 arrests, but only a few unhoused people are taking them up on drug treatment services ...

The FDA has declared an end to the shortage of a popular obesity drug. The implications for consumers are complicated.