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British bank HSBC has agreed to pay a record fine of $1.9 billion to settle an investigation by U.S. prosecutors. HSBC faced charges of laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and facilitating prohibited transactions with nations like Iran and Cuba. For more, Robert Siegel talks with Jimmy Gurule, law professor at the University of Notre Dame.

The legacy of the emancipation of Jim and Winnie Shankle spans generations. The true love story among former slaves is shared in a dance performance in the Texas town the couple founded in 1867.

We look at the Biden Administration's post-war visions for Gaza and the West Bank. We also look a the RNC's primary calendar and the timeline of its delegate nominating process.

As inflation climbs, Americans could get their biggest raises in over a decade. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Chief Economist for the Conference Board Dana Peterson about what's driving the increases.

"The whole world is singing in Spanish," says singer Luis Fonsi. How the mainstreaming of reggaeton, the ubiquity of streaming services and some queasy culture clashes gave us the song of the summer.

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

People in cities across the country demonstrated against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics and the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

This was Puerto Rico's moment, a spotlight on a collective son who quit bagging groceries a decade ago and became the world's most streamed artist on Spotify last year.

Changing from gas to more climate-friendly electric appliances can involve expensive retrofits. More companies now offer stoves, heat pumps and water heaters to make it easier and cheaper.

With an even slimmer GOP majority in the Senate in 2018, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't see much of a point in repeating health care efforts that failed this year.