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A pedometer is a small gadget that clips onto your hip and counts steps. These days, millions of people are using them, as public health campaigns and for-profit diet plans urge a daily target of 10,000 steps. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on how this goal was set -- and whether it's worth following.

The U.S. joined the European Union and Group of Seven nations in enacting new sanctions on Russia in response to the civilian toll reported in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine in recent days.

According to a new study, fewer than 4% of producers making songs on the Billboard Top 100 last year were women — a number that hasn't changed much over the past decade.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

David Plotz of the travel website Atlas Obscura tells us about two more of his favorite unlikely parts of the world: Herodium in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a clown-themed motel in Nevada.

Florida fell in the latest Economic Freedom of North American Index put out by the conservative non-profit Frasier Institute. The annual report ranks the…

A new report out from a group called CoreLogic takes a close look at how much damage a storm surge could cause in metropolitan areas on the coast during a…

A recent study confirms something a lot of us already know: Florida drivers are bad. Or at least, they’re the worst drivers in the four most populous U...

U.S. stock indexes surged as negotiations continued over a massive stimulus package to help the crippled economy deal with the growing effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Congressional forecasters expect the federal deficit will hit the second largest in decades, even without factoring in President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.