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The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.

The House Appropriations Committee is expected to approve a budget today for next fiscal year that will contain 648-million dollars in cuts from the…

It will run between Las Vegas and Southern California, reaching a top speed of 200 miles per hour. The company behind the project plans for it to be ready by 2028.

Michigan's Lake Superior State University issued its annual list of annoying expressions to banish. The list includes: trending, bucket list, kick the can down the road and spoiler alert. The top one to ban: fiscal cliff.

Police say a man in Boise, Idaho, went running naked through a park. Police gave chase. When they caught up to him, the naked man had become entangled in the barbed wire on top of a fence.

The punny choice was tops in the naming contest run by the Seattle Department of Transportation. The name was suggested by an 11-year-old resident. The submission got over 1,500 votes on Twitter.

A 1960s pop song, a must-have soft toy and a global anime hit are among the leaders on YouTube's year-end trends list.

Ukraine's security services says it has exposed a network of agents working for Russia who were plotting to kill President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials.

David Greene and Renee Montagne share a hip-hop rendition of the Morning Edition theme. A hip-hop group by the name of Jazzy Triggs took the theme, added a beat and dropped some rhymes on top.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Brookings' David Wessel about the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, both globally and in the U.S.