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From retail sales to manufacturing and housing, several key indicators are picking up. An accelerating economy would be a big deal in this election year.

A new study concludes that the job market in the U.S. isn't as attractive as it used to be. Also, many Mexicans are choosing to return to family they left behind.

In 2016, a video of Pharrell Williams being floored by one of Rogers' demos went viral. She tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro how she arrived at a sound that marries acoustic folk to electronic production.

As summer vacations draw to a close and school-age children begin the mad scramble to fulfill their summer reading obligations, author Lesley M. M. Blume recommends a few timeless books that may not be on the required book lists.

The National Institutes of Health annually surveys substance abuse among young adults in its Monitoring the Future study.

Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch, but she considers herself a woman with healing knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies.

NPR's Scott Simon ponders skyrocketing Tooth Fairy payouts.

Federal prosecutors said Householder operated a dark money group that received millions of dollars from FirstEnergy in what has been called the biggest political corruption case in Ohio history.

That designation comes with more influence over decisions that have environmental impact — something Hamilton County Administrator Jeff Alutto says the county needs.

About 6,000 inmates convicted of federal drug crimes are being released from prisons and halfway houses. It represents the first wave of early releases as the U.S. reconsiders how it punishes drug crimes.