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The U.S. Labor Department said Friday that employers added 162,000 positions last month, but the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent for a third straight month. The numbers show the fastest rate of growth in three years.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would have allowed people with concealed pistol permits to carry guns in schools. He was under widespread pressure to veto it after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last week. Robert Siegel talks to Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio.

Now that the Trump administration has excluded Florida from its offshore drilling proposal, other places want the same. They're making their case as the public comment period gets underway.

The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.

A series of atmospheric rivers are threatening California with heavy rain and potential flooding during the holiday week.

An NPR investigation finds that the military court and prison at Guantánamo Bay have cost taxpayers billions, with billions more expected.

NPR's favorite visual stories of the year include political news events, a solar eclipse, and hurricanes along with stories about education, music and comics.

Many doctors in the U.S. say the practice puts an infant at risk of sleep-related death. A close look at the research reveals a different picture.

Emily Meggett spent decades caring for her community with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. She shared her recipes in her first cookbook, published when she was 89.

The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step.