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The country is the top flower exporter to the U.S. When the pandemic hit, farmers feared they'd have to destroy flower beds and lay off thousands of workers. Here's why that didn't happen.

In Missouri, Kansas City wants to fully subsidize bus fares — arguing that free rides will eliminate a barrier for low-income residents, boost ridership and put money into the local economy.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the Stanley Cup, the NBA and the Minnesota Twins making history.

Without Dave Bartholomew, rock 'n' roll as we know it might not exist. The trumpeter, songwriter, bandleader, producer and arranger, died Sunday at 100 in New Orleans.

Californians have been evacuated multiple times in recent years owing to smoke, fires, floods and power outages. Now people are reconsidering whether the state is the dream they had hoped for.

Seed companies looking to create hybrid corn use a labor force of mostly teens to manually detassle corn. A wet spring pushed back planting this year, so the teens may need to return to school.

President Trump says he is talking to top congressional leaders about gun control. He told reporters, "We will see where NRA will be but we need meaningful background checks."

It's long been popular wisdom in America that if you want to make it, you should pack up and move to the big city. But new research from economists offers caution for a huge segment of the workforce.

Zimbabwe's longtime president Robert Mugabe was honored with a state funeral on Saturday — put on by the president and military leaders who had forced him out of office just two years ago.

House Republicans want the anonymous wistleblower to appear in-person, but they have not responded to an offer to have the unnamed individual answer written questions under oath.