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The U.S. is undertaking "extraordinary" measures to avoid defaulting on its obligations after the country reached its debt limit on Thursday. Now, a big political fight looms.

The company says the AmazonSmile program didn't have enough financial impact. But some charities say the support "made a huge difference," and shoppers have expressed disapproval on social media.

At-home rapid tests have become a staple of COVID-19 precautions, but some experts worry that people are relying too much on these tests and that's creating a false sense of security.

Historian Matthew Connelly says government records are marked as classified three times every second — and many of them will never be declassified. His new book is The Declassification Engine.

Prosecutors announced charges against Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the film Rust. Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.

With refugee resettlement organizations stretched thin, the U.S. is trying a different approach. The new private sponsorship program will allow groups of regular people to sponsor refugees.

Some companies and researchers think smart computers might eventually help with provider shortages in mental health, and some consumers are already turning to chatbots to build "emotional resilience."

Stumped astronomers are trying to get to the bottom of the origins of a huge cloud of gas, or nebula, recently discovered floating near the Andromeda galaxy.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Margaret O'Mara, a professor at the University of Washington, about Microsoft's future. She's also the author of The Code, a history of Silicon Valley.

Microsoft is cutting 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce. It says a looming recession has forced customers to cut back on spending.