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It's a big win for cooks, cashiers and other fast-food employees, among the least paid in the workforce. Restaurant owners and franchisees warn of higher prices and cuts to workers' hours.

Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

An annual grocery-bagging competition in Las Vegas brings out the 'essential' in essential worker and the 'skill' in unskilled labor

Historically, Colorado set a very high standard for how it prosecutes hate crimes. A new provision in Colorado's hate crime statute is aiming to change that.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers about his new collection of piano music, his second, called "Piano Piano 2."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Maryland Gov. Wes Moore about the cleanup and reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is stepping up efforts to get the legislature to expand access to Medicaid to make health care more accessible, a move apparently favored by most of the public.

Cocoa prices are on the rise because of changing climate patterns and extreme weather.

Clearing the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was destroyed by a container ship is an urgent priority. How long until maritime traffic can resume is far from clear.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night, continuing a nearly three-month stretch without a big winner.