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Former President Eisenhower, addresses the nation on the American intervention in Formosa (now Taiwan) in an undated archival picture. Eisenhower was involved in the country's first debt ceiling fight when he asked Congress to raise the limit by $15 billion. The Senate refused, ushering the first tussle over the country's debt.

The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today

Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

San Diego city officials and activists came together to call on business and government officials to address pay inequities for Latinas. According to Mexican-American Women’s National Association or MANA, Latina Equal Pay Day represents the additional time a Latina needs to work to earn the same annual salary as her White male counterpart. In 2022, the Latina Pay Gap widened. Latinas earn 57 cents for every dollar a White male counterpart makes, represented by 21 additional months of work to earn the same pay, San Diego, December 8, 2022.

Gender wage gap still a problem on Equal Pay Day

Women are still earning less than their male counterparts more than 20 years after Equal Pay Day was launched.

Thailand is rethinking its approach in its drug laws

Southeast Asia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world, but Thailand bucking that trend. It has decriminalized cannabis and freed thousands of people convicted on related offenses.

Despite Russian missiles hitting Kharkiv on nearly a daily basis, 5 of the 18 branches of Bricks Coffee and Desserts in the city have reopened. The head of the coffee shop chain says sales are still far below pre-war levels.

Cafes opening in Kharkiv, but most large Ukrainian businesses remain shuttered

Business is clawing back in Ukraine, but it won't be anything like normal for a long time.

Fans refused to leave and many tried to shove past metal detectors and security and even climb the gates. San Diego, April 3, 2023.

Viejas Arena overwhelmed by Aztecs fans for NCAA Championship watch party

San Diego’s largest watch party at Viejas Arena was overwhelmed with fans, which created some chaos.

In an aerial view, damage from a series of powerful storms and at least one tornado is seen in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

Photos show the devastation caused by the deadly Mississippi tornado

The destructive tornado killed at least 26 people, leveled buildings and left thousands of customers without power.

Michael J. Fox in the new documentary, <em>Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.</em>

'No violins': Michael J. Fox reflects on his career and life with Parkinson's

When Michael J. Fox describes his experience with Parkinson's disease in his new documentary, he's extremely blunt. But talking with NPR this week, he hasn't lost the humor that made him famous.

Rocks from a rare fireball have landed in an area across the Maine-Canada border, and a museum will pay people to find them.

A rare fireball flew over Maine. Now there's a $25K reward for pieces of space rock

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is looking for meteorites from a rare fireball event near the Maine-Canada border. It's willing to pay anyone who can find them.

Conception's chief scientific officer, Pablo Hurtado, examines very early primordial germ cells under a microscope in a company lab in Berkeley, California.

Startup aims to make lab-grown human eggs, transforming options for creating families

New companies are working to commercialize in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, a technology that could make human eggs and sperm in the lab from any cell in the body.

Musician Pras Michel in a 2015 portrait taken in Los Angeles.

Pras Michel stands trial in Washington, D.C., for conspiracy and other charges

Hip-hop musician Pras Michel of Fugees faces criminal trial in Washington, D.C., for allegedly conspiring to violate election law and influence American policymakers on behalf of China.

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