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"Our death rate is rising alarmingly," a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson says. Aid agencies continue rescue efforts off the shore of Libya, hoping to save anyone else who survived.

U.S. trade negotiators are in Shanghai for talks with their Chinese counterparts this week, but there appears to be little pressure for a settlement in the year-old conflict.

The U.S. envoy on Afghanistan is updating Congress on his talks with the Taliban, while Afghanistan's ambassador to the U.S. says her government is still being left out.

The U.S. goes to its third straight finals after a hard-fought semifinal game.

Slack has grown to more than 10 million users and has become a verb in the process. "I'll Slack you" is shorthand for sending a message via the chat platform. Its stock soared in its public debut.

President Trump has picked two more candidates for the Federal Reserve Board. One, Judy Shelton, has some unconventional views on monetary policy.

Iacocca was a top executive at two of America's largest car companies — Ford and Chrysler — for decades. He helped develop the Mustang and later rescued Chrysler from near-bankruptcy.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association, in a joint statement, endorsed taxes on sugary drinks, restrictions on marketing to kids and incentives for healthier purchases.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with French journalist Margot Haddad about what the Notre Dame Cathedral meant to her growing up in Paris - and how much it will take to restore it after the fire.

A blurry figure came on television screens all over the world on July 20th, 1969. The astronaut, in a bulky space suit, backed down the steps of the...