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Unemployment fell for the sixth straight month in Louisiana, but payrolls moved in the wrong direction in October.The jobless rate fell to 4.8 percent in…

Unemployment fell again in Louisiana in February, as payrolls rose.The jobless rate fell to 4.5 percent in February from 4.6 percent in January, as more…

Top-seeded Connecticut rolled over Oregon State 80-51 Sunday to make the women's championship round Tuesday night, and fourth seed Syracuse beat Washington 80-59.

Before the summer slips away, how about enjoying a drink made with some of the bounty of the season?

Ted Kolderie, often called the "godfather" of the charter school movement, has a new book out. He says the lack of innovation in how teachers teach and students learn is stifling school reform.

Amanda Filipacchi's novel is about a costume designer who wears a fat suit after a suitor commits suicide. It's structured as a mashup of an old Friends episode, a fairy tale and a murder mystery.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, although in his book, he had written that he was "offered a full scholarship" to the elite military academy.

Republican presidential debates are divided into two tiers, based on where candidates appear in the polls. The lower tier has dwindled to just four candidates in Wednesday night's debate.

At President Obama's direction, U.S. forces based out of Iraq conducted a raid in eastern Syria. NPR's Scott Simon talks with correspondent Tom Bowman about the operation.

Years ago, retailers had an unofficial agreement: Black Friday would be the start of the shopping season. Then some stores started opening their doors and offering sales on Thanksgiving Day. That created some conflicts between consumerism and turkey consumption and now the pendulum is swinging back again.