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Some essential workers, such as ride-share drivers and personal shoppers, are a part of the gig economy. NPR's tech correspondent takes listener questions on the benefits available for such workers.

Germany has asked the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country. This comes as two Germans are under investigation for spying for the U.S. in Germany. While tensions between the allies are high, both countries are trying not to strain relations too far.

He was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China early Thursday morning. But those hoping for change in China say the make-up of the party's elite makes it unlikely major reforms will come anytime soon.

A dozen European soccer clubs have announced plans to break away form their own "Super League." NPR's Noel King asks Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated why.

The Senate majority leader says he is focusing the chamber's agenda for the rest of 2018 on confirming conservatives to lifetime judicial appointments.

Improved weather helped rescuers on Indonesia's Sumatra island recover more bodies as they struggled to reach several areas that were hit by landslides and flash floods that left scores missing.

France entered the tournament as a favorite, powered by stars like forwards Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, while Croatia was seen as a longshot for victory.

The lawsuit says there were at least two prior incidents at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado where the ride operators failed to properly secure passengers on the Haunted Mine Drop ride.

Nearly two dozen of the president's nominees await confirmation in the deeply divided Senate.

When Barbie brought close to $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, it became one of the only female-dominated movies among the top-grossing films of all time.