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The U.S. unemployment rate rose to nearly 15 percent — and no one knows where it ends. NPR's Life Kit talked to one woman who's lived through years of economic uncertainty about how to cope.

After 117 days being closed, Disney World welcomed guests back to its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom parks. Masks and temperature checks were required, as well as reservations.

Two universities in Los Angeles have placed some students and staff under quarantine or self-isolation after they were believed to have been exposed to someone on campus with measles.

French authorities say a man who took hostages in a supermarket in southern France, killed three people and wounded 16 others is now dead.

Before ending his life, David S. Buckel, who was also an environmental advocate, wrote a letter urging people to stop polluting the environment.

Host Michel Martin speaks with Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, about the ongoing teachers strike in Oklahoma and why teachers have been walking out elsewhere.

Federal agencies are working furiously to find out what is causing people to sicken and are warning consumers not to vape.

The author's What Happened to Sophie Wilder features a convert to Catholicism and another character who struggles to understand her faith. Beha talks about his Catholic upbringing, irony's place in fiction and literature's therapeutic aspects.

In this year's presidential campaign, both parties are trying to use Bill Clinton's presidency to their advantage. Although he's popular and the economy was better then, it could be a risky strategy — because Clinton is not just a symbol.

If you had to choose between a silver medal and a bronze medal, most people would choose silver. But psychologists who analyzed photos of Olympic medalists say that there's a complicated dynamic at work.