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U.S. employers added jobs in March, reversing the losses from the month before. Health care and hospitality were among the sectors adding workers.

The labor market springs back to life in March as employers add 178,000 jobs

The U.S. job market perked up last month as employers added 178,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%, mainly because the number of people seeking work declined.

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1.

Trump budget seeks $1.5 trillion in defense spending alongside domestic program cuts

In his annual budget, President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades.

Zendaya stars with Robert Pattinson in The Drama.

Dark wedding comedy 'The Drama' has a provocative premise — but it never commits

Early on, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's new movie The Drama takes a turn. We're talking about it here: spoilers ahead.

A view of a residential area affected during the U.S.-Israeli military operations in the city of Karaj, in Alborz province, several miles west of Tehran, Iran, on Friday. The area was struck on March 9.

2 U.S. planes are down and Iran hits Gulf refineries as the war wraps its 5th week

An F-15 went down in Iran and a second Air Force plane crashed near the Strait of Hormuz as the war capped a week of intensified fighting.

Mary Rodee, whose 15-year-old son died by suicide, points to a banner listing victims' names outside Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026, after a jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms. The landmark verdict could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for harms to users.

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

Advocates hope recent verdicts against social media platforms will build momentum for bigger changes in Silicon Valley.

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse.

After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests?

Legal experts tell NPR five possible reasons that, despite the accusations made against rich and powerful people in the files, the DOJ has made no additional arrests. The big one? Lack of evidence.

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was an instant hit as soon as it was published in 1908. Sheet music for Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer's song soon sold millions of copies. The picture here is of Trixie Friganza.

The surprising feminist history of baseball's biggest anthem

There's a lot more to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" than "peanuts and Cracker Jack."

In this photo provided by NASA, a view of the Earth from NASA's Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight on Thursday. The crew successfully completed a key burn, sending the capsule speeding to the moon for a lunar flyby.

NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon

With the last major firing of its engine, the Artemis II spacecraft is now on a path that will take it around the moon and back.

"As I began to get this idea of us being visual artists, I wanted to create the narrative of who we were, in a sense, to give that positive spin," Fab 5 Freddy says.

How Fab 5 Freddy projected hip-hop to the world

On the heels of a new memoir sharing the recipes of a rich cultural life, rap's first tour guide talks aging with the culture, seeing its influence all over, Basquiat's lasting legacy and gatekeeping.

NPR wants your big question about reducing your climate impact and saving money

As energy prices rise and climate change intensifies, NPR wants to hear your questions about spending decisions you'll make that could reduce climate pollution and save you money.

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