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Now that California Governor Gray Davis has signed a 10-billion-dollar bond measure, putting the state in the power-buying business, questions abound. Scott Horsley has the story from member station KPBS.

NPR's David D'Arcy reports on the new respect for contemporary art at the big auction houses in New York. While sales of older paintings have been slow, publicity is fueling interest in newer artists, but some worry that it's simply impulse buying.

China makes sure its currency does not grow stronger against the dollar by using its vast reserve of dollars to buy U.S. Treasury securities. That helps finance the government's record budget deficits, but there are concerns beyond the purely economic about this relationship.

This Fourth of July, forget about buying sparklers. We can show you how to make your own sparks... and a darn good tuna steak... with just a few simple household tools. Join host Korva Coleman and mad food scientist Alton Brown for a backyard barbecue unlike any other.

Warren Buffett recently announced plans to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. The rail network extends across the the western two-thirds of the U.S. The company's system of 32,000 route miles extends across 28 states and two Candian provinces.

The world has been pushing for a pause in the fighting in the Israel-Hamas war by the start of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month has begun and still no cease-fire agreement is in place.

Musician and composer Chad Lawson began his career as a pianist in his own jazz trio before switching to solo classical piano. With his latest album, The Space Between, experiments and takes his music outside the realm of "pretty sounding piano."

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

The U.S. Department of Energy on March 28 cleared the way for construction of a 700-mile transmission line project designed to carry Oklahoma wind power to the southeastern U.S. electricity

A right-wing campaign has targeted a once-obscure voting partnership called ERIC. Eight Republican states have now pulled out, giving the election denial movement a big win — and a blueprint for 2024.