Search results for

NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Linda Bilmes, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and expert of budgeting and public finance, about why the war between the U.S. and Iran has become so expensive.

Many people don't pay attention to bond markets, but they should — especially now. This is why they matter and why the drop in bond prices is signaling investor concerns about the U.S. economy.

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brightline West is betting it can build the first true high-speed rail line in the U.S. But the company says costs are rising, despite its best efforts to keep them down.

The quiche was chosen by the king and Camilla, the Queen Consort, in the hope it will be a centerpiece to many coronation street parties and community events on May 6, the Guardian reports.

Residents of Muskegon need to look no further than firefighter Scott Hemmelsbach for all their snake-rescuing needs. He got a 6 foot snake out a burning house when others declined to help the reptile.

Today's interview is with Kim Neustrom, the Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation, concerning the foundation's upcoming Blues Gala. The…

The NFL team is holding tryouts, and it's recruiting in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, 300 women tried out — 6 Brazilian winners go to Miami for the finals.

The Monroe County sheriff hung a wanted poster for Punxsutawney Phil. The groundhog saw his shadow last month, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. It's been longer — the state was hit with more snow.

David Kertzer is the author of The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism (Knopf). In the book he focuses on the time period from Napoleon to Hitler, and how "traditional" Catholic forms of dealing with Jews became transformed into modern anti-Semitism. Kertzer is Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science and a professor of anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University. He's also the author of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara about a 6-year-old Jewish boy in Italy who in 1858 was taken from his family, secretly baptized, and sent to live in a Catholic household.