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Costco is raising pay for most workers as Friday night deadline looms on a new contract with its unionized employees.

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.

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More and more questions are being raised about the legality of the Trump administration's offer to nearly all federal workers to resign now and keep their pay through Sept. 30.

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West ...

Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.

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President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended ...

NPR speaks with Michael McCormick, former vice president of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, about reports that the airspace above Reagan airport has long raised safety concerns.

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Authorities are combing the Potomac River for a second day in search of victims and more clues behind the deadliest U.S. air ...