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Pastry chef Aggie Chin talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about sweet treats to prepare for your holiday party. This week, it's pear upside down spice cake.

A report from the U.N.'s International Labour Organization looks at how many children work, what kind of jobs they perform — and how to stop it.

The storm brought heavy rain to Central America, where more than 20 people died. The storm is headed toward Louisiana, where Gov. John Bel Edwards said, "I'm not going to tell you I am not concerned."

Mavis Wanczyk, 53, says she's leaving her job at a medical center after racking up the largest prize won by a lottery ticket in U.S. history: $758.7 million. She called the lottery "a pipe dream."

Suspended in an undulating soundscape of guitar effects, the emerging Nashville songwriter sings as though she's accessing once-overwhelming sensations from a great distance.

The quarter-point increase in the Federal Reserve's benchmark rate was widely expected. Rates are still near historic lows, but the increase will mean higher borrowing costs for consumers.

A 2 percent rise in Social Security taxes that went into effect in January has had a negative impact on the company's cost-conscious shoppers.

People with diabetes who had gastric bypass surgery had much better control of blood sugar three years later. But most still hadn't met the goal of returning to normal sugar levels, a study finds.

The bird, which newspapers say stands 6 feet, can run 40 mph and is "capable of disemboweling a human," escaped last month from a farm in Hertfordshire after apparently being spooked by a local hunt.

Geologists plan to install three portable devices known as seismometers or seismographs in the Challis area in central Idaho to help experts better…