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In a quiet week for new releases, a noisy album tiptoes to the top of the charts

For the last few years, Carson's star has been on the rise, and his latest album debuts at No. 1 thanks to a bit of good timing. Also: Record Store Day makes a dent on the album chart.

What to know as the government begins collections on defaulted student debt

The Department of Education says it will resume collections on May 5 and send wage garnishment notices "later this summer." Here's how to know — and what to do — if you'll be affected.

Why Fed independence matters, according to economist Jason Furman

NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management of the economy.

A construction crew from the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District works Tuesday, April 22, 2025 on a portion of the street that crumbled into a 20-foot deep hole near Cass Avenue and 18th Street in north St. Louis over the weekend.

Are they sinkholes or cave-ins? Regardless, the Go! St. Louis Marathon route has shifted

Officials say the adjustment has made this weekend’s marathon route nearly a 10th of a mile longer after portions of St. Louis streets collapsed in north St. Louis and Lafayette Square last Friday.

The next AOC? Young Democrats are aiming to topple incumbents inside their own party

Frustrated with their party's response to President Trump, a wave of young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts, hoping to mirror Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset win in 2018.

Former Pentagon official on Hegseth turmoil: 'It looks like they actually broke the law'

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of private Signal chats and the turmoil inside the Pentagon.

Lori Vallow Daybell convicted of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019

Jurors found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty after deliberating for about three hours, and she faces another possible life sentence on top of the three she is already serving in Idaho.

Hegseth is in hot water again over sharing attack plans. But this time it may be worse

Military lawyers question Pentagon head Pete Hegseth's defense that he didn't share anything revealing in Signal chat group with his wife and brother.

A red combine rolls toward the camera. It is running through a field of dry soybeans.

Tariffs impact what crops some U.S. farmers are choosing to plant this year

The spring planting season is getting started for many Midwest farmers. Federal data suggests that fewer acres will be planted in soybeans than last year, in part because of the U.S. trade war with China.

Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Pete Hegseth's Signal chat

NPR asks Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, why he wants an investigation into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified intelligence in a Signal chat.

Located just across the street from the popular O’Fallon Family Sports Park, Park Place will have single-family homes, two-family homes, apartment buildings, townhomes, a hotel, retail facilities, restaurants, office space, and entertainment venues.

$300M entertainment, retail and residential project in O’Fallon, Ill., gets the go-ahead

Leaders of the Metro East city believe the project will be transformative. Construction on buildings will begin in one year, and the developers say it will be complete by 2033.

Bio Research & Development Growth Park at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur. The complex houses various biotech and agriculture startups.

AgTech startups see St. Louis as a plant science powerhouse and are moving in

Companies are attracted to the region’s willingness to work with them and support for new entrepreneurs and innovation.

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