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El Salvador's president is taking a billion-dollar risk on Bitcoin — with the country's treasury. Among the plans: a crypto trade zone near a dormant volcano.

Western sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have pushed up gas prices. Though the U.S. was not a big buyer of Russian oil, it's still subject to the whims of global energy markets.

Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer live by a new self-help book for each episode of their podcast By the Book, so they're experts on which ones might really help us keep our New Year's resolutions.

In trials that sometimes last just a few hours, Nicaragua has been convicting political opponents of President Daniel Ortega, sending a chilling message about free expression.

Texas lawmakers have proposed dozens of anti-LGBTQ bills and young people have flooded crisis lines. "It's emotionally traumatizing," says Amber Briggle, whose 14-year-old son is trans.

Florida has become go-to for Republican politicians holding meetings and fundraisers. Part of the reason is the relaxed COVID restrictions, but warm weather and political winds are big draws, too.

Locke's death has prompted an outcry against no-knock warrants, with a push by his family and others to ban them in Minnesota and beyond.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Scott Jennings, an adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, about the state of play as the Senate prepares to consider President Trump's impeachment.

Big rigs parked outside Parliament represent the movement's last stronghold after demonstrators abandoned their sole remaining truck blockade along the U.S. border.

As the presidential campaigns shift their focus to South Carolina primary, the Palmetto State will be the focus of nationwide attention. Chad Prosser, director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, explains some his state's lesser-known treasures.