New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and ...

With China's economy on the ropes and President-elect Donald Trump promising steep tariffs on imports, participants in a trade fair in Shanghai face uncertainty.

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A few years ago, scientists cracked a murder mystery -- they figured out what's been killing Coho salmon in urban streams in the Pacific Northwest. The culprit: particles from tires.

We get a rare up close look inside the Dutch company ASML, and its technology behind the most advanced microchips.

Drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy and Zepbound could be covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new proposal from the Biden administration.

A social media ban for children under 16 will become first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram for allowing youth accounts.

Mall of America's recipe for success includes an amusement park, pop-up stores, weddings and raves. Can local malls take a page from the country's largest shopping center?

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Retail Technology consultant, Adam Dumey talks to NPR's Leila Fadel about how to use AI to shop for the holidays.

Some conservative groups argue that DEI policies are themselves discriminatory and are pressuring corporations to drop them.