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The Fed lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point — but stocks slumped after policymakers projected fewer rate cuts next year as inflation remains elevated.

The cost of coffee has hovered near record highs on the futures market after droughts in top-producing Brazil and Vietnam. Supermarket brands like Nescafé and Folgers have raised their prices.

Carol Zimmerman, news editor at the National Catholic Reporter, went to see the purported skull of St. Thomas Aquinas. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang about its importance to Catholics and her experience.

Former foster youth earn degrees at a lower rate compared with the general population. A program in Virginia is trying to change that.

Started during the pandemic, hundreds of hospitals in 39 states deliver acute inpatient care in people's homes. The popular program had a five-year extension in a stopgap spending agreement that is now in doubt.

A rash of nighttime drone sightings continues in New Jersey and elsewhere. It's worrying people as most officials say there's no reason for concern.

The killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has sparked scrutiny of the business of health care. But even the investors making money from this business have been unhappy with it this year.

Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank are worried about an escalation of attacks from right wing settlers who are feeling emboldened with a new ally coming to the White House.

The internationally acclaimed Indian film All We Imagine As Light explores the lives of working women in Mumbai. But in India, it's seen as not Indian enough for the Oscars.

As Syria's economy collapsed during the civil war, the country became something of narco-state. The now-ousted regime was estimated to earn billions annually from trafficking a drug known as Captagon.