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U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, marking a second consecutive month of disappointing numbers.

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius, has died of kidney failure at a hospital in Iceland. He was 64. Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov talks with Melissa Block about Fischer's influence on the chess world. While in recent years Fischer seemed to have slipped into madness, his impact on the game is still unquestioned.

From 2001 to 2020, we talk to people who were in the room when warnings were dismissed, or ignored, by the President of the United States.

In 1965, a kid named Gene Lohman came to Yellow Springs to attend Antioch College. He brought with him an almost encyclopedic knowledge of popular music...

The former FBI director's highly anticipated testimony, in open sessions, will come after he was fired by President Trump amid a growing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stopped by the Liberty Ball, Freedom Ball and Salute to Our Armed Services Ball, on Friday evening.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley about the White House reaction to the London incident.

Two national education advocacy and research groups say Ohio’s school report cards need to be simplified so that parents can more easily use the information they hold. The nonprofit Data Quality Campaign and Thomas B. Fordham Institute released separate reports this week, both recommending ways to simplify the annual reports. DQC reviewed the report cards for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, releasing a general set of recommendations for the nation.

Norishige Kanai said he had grown up to 3 1/2 inches since arriving in space, sparking worry about whether he'd fit in the spacecraft home. Turns out, Kanai did grow, just not that much.

Mayor Jenny Durkan says getting the criminal convictions wiped from personal records is "a necessary step to right the wrongs of what was a failed 'War on Drugs.'"