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Congress has promised, and failed, to fix a quirk of U.S. tax law that penalizes surviving family members of veterans who died while on active duty.

Phone-based apps are offering people many new ways to pay, and many of them are wondering about chargebacks, and why some apps allow people to hit undo and why others don't.

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.

A lot of important astronomy is being done thanks to telescopes stationed in the mountains of Chile, where researchers are studying developments in space.

Litt Woon Long and her husband had a running joke about taking a mushrooming class. When he died, she went for it. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Long about her book, The Way Through the Woods.

For lakeshore property owners, there’s no quick fix to the high water levels, even though the organization that regulates those levels will continue...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio who has issues with government agencies using facial recognition technology with state driver's license databases.

Lead singer Tarriona "Tank" Ball talks about how she honed the unique roster of character voices she uses in her music.

"In business and in life, Ross was a man of integrity and action," his family said in a statement. Perot, who had battled leukemia, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas.

Hong Kong's leader says a bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland is dead. But the bill was not withdrawn. Steve Inskeep talks to Charles Mok, a pro-democracy lawmaker.