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Because Hamas is listed as a terrorist group, the USAID has had to shut down a big project in the West Bank and Gaza aimed at helping the Palestinian economy develop viable private-sector markets and boost job creation.

Three years after American-led forces in Afghanistan overthrew the Taliban, newly elected President Hamid Karzai takes the oath of office. In a short speech, Karzai said Afghanistan has left its dark past but the fight against terrorism is not over. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Washington Post reporter John Lancaster.

A new poll shows that a majority of Floridians think that ride sharing services should be regulated. The fifth annual University of South Florida...

Natalia Peres, a professor of plant pathology at University of Florida, dreams of the day where harmful pathogens no longer pose a significant threat to...

Tesla says it handed over documents after CEO Elon Musk announced he would take Tesla private. Investigators might scrutinize the company's accounting practices and whether investors were misled.

Uproar among many conservatives over President Bush's choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court adds to the long list of political troubles dogging the Republican Party. The Iraq war, gas prices, hurricanes and ethics scandals are making Republicans worried about next year's elections.

Fiction is reality and reality fiction in Revenge, Yoko Ogawa's absorbing cycle of interlinked, eerie tales. Readers may detect the shadows of Murakami, Borges and Poe, but, says critic Alan Cheuse, Ogawa's delicious tales cast their own singular spell.

Many Israelis are upset with two of this year's Oscar nominations. Stephen Spielberg's Munich is being criticized for bias. But objections are greater to Paradise Now, the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers.

The unemployment rate has dropped to 7.8 percent — that's the lowest rate in President Obama's presidency. Numbers like these are calculated and released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and highly anticipated by not only politicians but money managers and traders around the world. In the run up to the release, the government office does everything possible to keep these numbers locked up. (This piece initially aired Aug. 3, 2012 on Morning Edition.)

Customers of IndyMac faced closed doors Friday after federal regulators took over the California bank. Risky lending practices and a $1.3 billion bank run were part of IndyMac's demise. Banking consultant Burt Ely talks about how the failure happened and what it signals for the broader economy.