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During her 12 years as Franklin D. Roosevelt's labor secretary, Perkins led the push to standardize the 40-hour work week, to ban child labor, to establish Social Security and to create a federal minimum wage.

Luigi Mangione is charged with murder as an act of terrorism in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Here's what that means. And, could reality TV stars unionize? Why it could be hard.

Reporter Erica Heilman talked with Katrin Tchana about her childhood in Lyme, New Hampshire, and how it has become increasingly difficult for people who grew up there to remain.

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today, and NPR will have special coverage of the events. And, photos from the winter storm plowing through parts of the U.S.

The Biden administration introduced new consumer tax credits for climate-friendly heat pumps. What does a Trump administration and GOP-led congress mean for that money?

Mustafa Ugurlu who was charged with staging a July, 2016 coup but denied any involvement, says while his family has been embraced in Norfolk, Va., he fears the Turkish state will track him down.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., died in Plains, Ga. on Sunday at age 100. Here's a look back at his legacy during and after his presidency. And, the rules of regifting and returns.

Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.

Wellpath, a health care provider for hospitals, prisons and jails, has been dogged by wrongful death and medical negligence suits. What happens to those cases now that it has filed for bankruptcy?

South Koreans rallied overnight near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol calling for his arrest, as authorities prepared to renew their efforts to detain him.