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Voters in the city of Cincinnati have six city charter amendments to decide on Nov. 6 – all of them placed on the ballot by a majority of city council....

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Natasha Warikoo, professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, about what is and isn't acceptable when applying for admission to elite colleges.

Boeing has released a quarterly earnings report that shows revenue and profit taking a hit from the grounding of its 737 Max planes. Profits fell 13% compared to the same quarter a year ago. Overall revenues fell much less though, only 2%.

David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of congressional subpoenas.

The United States has grounded all flights of Boeing's 737 Max 8 and 9 planes in American airspace.

Drugmakers add inactive ingredients to stabilize medications and sometimes to help the body absorb the active ingredients. But the inactive constituents can cause side effects in rare cases.

The independent agency that provides legal protections to individuals revealing government waste or wrongdoing reports an uptick in those coming forward in recent years.

Comcast is offering $65 billion for the major entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, which is controlled by the Murdoch family. Comcast is hoping to lure the Fox properties away from Disney, with a bid it calls "superior" to Disney's.

House Republican leaders have avoided the immigration debate because it exposes splits inside the party. Now, just five months ahead of the midterms, they agreed to vote on two proposals, with conservatives and centrists still struggling to get on same page.

Antarctica's ice is melting faster than was thought, say scientists who recently completed the most exhaustive assessment of the ice sheet to date.