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The House tried twice to craft a proposal to end the shutdown and extend the debt ceiling, but both failed to find traction within the GOP. Now, the Senate has restarted talks of its own. The bottom line, however, is that with just hours to go before the U.S. tops its borrowing authority, there's no solid plan on the table.

New figures show women have more jobs in the U.S. than ever before - but men are still struggling to pull out of the recession. Host Michel Martin speaks with NPR senior business editor Marilyn Geewax, and Ariane Hegewisch from the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

If you'd like to try pepper water (it's hot hot hot) or day-old rice (it tastes better than it sounds), we've got the scoop.

Nothing is simple in Mideast relations. Not even hummus. Lebanon, Israel and Palestinians are entangled over who owns the dish. Not even the title of world's largest hummus platter settled the matter.

Hillary Clinton is making history as the first female nominee of a major U.S. political party. But for many this milestone doesn't feel like a big deal, in part because of her long experience.

President Trump's most popular tweets include attacks on the media, name-calling of North Korea's leader and "covfefe" — whatever that is.

Twenty years since the attacks of Sept. 11, it is not hard to find enduring support for Osama bin Laden across Pakistan — the country where he spent his final years in hiding.

A recent CNN poll finds 36% of Americans say they still don't think President Biden legitimately won the presidency.

The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed. Amateur sleuths help to track down Jan. 6 rioters. Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction wouldn't have happened without whistleblowers.

My 6-year-old has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at least four times and never tested positive. Many people fall into that category. Researchers have theories about why they've been able to ward it off.