POLITICO's ‘California Playbook’ joins us with the latest in politics. Also, Placerville’s Community Observatory offers free ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jennifer Maas, a senior business writer at Variety, about video game company Electronic Arts' agreement to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $55 billion.

With federal funding ending later this week, our media correspondent went to South Dakota to learn what people want from public media today.

As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, "Why Do It?," NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z.

Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services.

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now ...

The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression currently hovering over the Caribbean could intensify as it ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Kathleen Romig from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about the end of physical Social Security checks.

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A controversial Sac city plan to charge unhoused seniors to live in future tiny homes. Also, Effie Yeaw Nature Center ...

Buying a home is a conventional milestone for couples. But as home prices skyrocket, many Americans are buying homes with someone who isn't their romantic partner.

The Governor’s recent approval of a bill to boost in-state oil production draws criticism from environmental advocates.