Oil giant Valero announced this week it may shutter its refinery in Benicia. The company sent a notice to the California ...

SacRT’s new Tap2Ride program lets riders seamlessly pay their fare with a tap of their smartphone or credit cards. The ...

Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

A huge amount of U.S. imports and exports come through the L.A. and Long Beach ports. Port officials say truckers, longshore members and customs house brokers will see less work and fewer hours ahead.

Recently, one of our NPR colleagues wrote a message to all of NPR saying he had extra eggs to sell for cheap, but needed a fair way to distribute them during a shortage. What is Planet Money here for ...

NPR's Michel Martin and Religion Correspondent Jason DeRose talk about their favorite -- and least favorite -- films about spirituality, including some hidden gems that might not seem religious at ...

A rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and a criminal find themselves enduring freezing temperatures in the remote wilderness after their plane crashes in Northern Canada. A huge thank ...

Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC ...