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Venezuela placed controls on its currency as it rapidly lost its value. But that only made matters worse. Now it is rolling out a new system in hopes of stabilizing its weak currency.

Western countries have imposed layers of crippling sanctions on Syria for decades. Syrians say the sanctions are impeding any hope of rebuilding a country shattered by civil war.

The tip jar has been replaced with a touch screen, seemingly everywhere. Every little purchase, from coffee to a burrito, seems to lead to a screen asking for a minimum tip. How did we get here?

These counties will help tell the story of how either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will become the next president.

The June 2016 email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. puts what happened in the spring and summer of that year in a new light.

As part of our series about students and teachers, musicologist Bruce Nemerov describes the way that one song is recorded by several different musicians in different decades of the 20th century. The older musicians are teaching the younger musicians through the song "Sitting on Top of the World." We hear the song as recorded by Al Jolson, The Mississippi Sheiks, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, Bill Monroe and The Grateful Dead.

International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says organizers are taking risks into account. "Nobody wants to put on games where you have an increased risk of transmission," he says.

Millions of Americans have started investing during the pandemic. For many it's been a great ride, with stocks hitting all-time highs. But now the market is wobbling, with wild swings up and down.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York state Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou about the state attorney general's report which found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.

The novel is a fictional account of a society founded by runaway slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp, which stretches between parts of Virginia and North Carolina.