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But the housing sector is "still far from a sustained recovery," according to economists who produce the widely watched S&P/Case-Shiller index.

The American automaker reported that tariffs cost it $1.1 billion and reduced the company's profit margin from 9% to 6.1%.

A new World Health Organization study finds 1 in 6 infections worldwide are resistant to some antibiotics, highlighting a growing threat from drug-resistant bacteria.

An additional 1,000 troops will be heading to Kabul to assist in evacuation efforts. This will boost the overall expected numbers to some 6,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

A study in Nature suggests the amount of carbon that humans can still emit and still keep warming to 1.5 °C may be exhausted within the next 6 years.

The music festival will be live-streamed across three channels, with sets from Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Lady Gaga, Banks, Lorde, The xx, D.R.A.M., Future, Bon Iver and more.

NPR's Van Williamson reports on the declining blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay. As this regional symbol grows scarce, Marylanders may have to change more than their eating habits. (6:52 -

Employers added 75,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department reports. It was the smallest increase since October 2005. At the same time, the nation's unemployment rate dipped to 4.6 percent, its lowest reading since the summer of 2001.

At Roosevelt High School in Seattle, teachers are using a new science curriculum called the Inquiry Method to teach biology. It's supposed to inspire curiosity -- sometimes at the expense of memorization of facts. NPR's Robert Smith is spending a whole year following the teachers and students at Roosevelt, and has this report. (6:15)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.