Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries
After two master’s degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.
After two master’s degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.
Attorneys general from 47 states, three U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have asked the Department of Education to make loan discharge for permanently disabled veterans automatic.
Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, attend a sumo wrestling match and go to an imperial banquet hosted by Emperor Naruhito.
Motorcyclists with the veterans advocacy group Rolling Thunder Inc. will gather in Washington, D.C., for the last time this weekend. The group cites financial issues as its main reason for quitting.
In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It’s a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.
“I believe this is the first time since the beginning of European integration that this European Union could actually break apart,” center-left Dutch politician Frans Timmermans warned this month.
Researchers found that people who did not have a strong life purpose were more likely to die than those who did — specifically more likely to die of cardiovascular diseases.
In early primary and caucus states, there are well-known places — diners, fairs, union halls — where candidates connect with voters. Here are some of the classics and a few new spots.
“Disappear? We’re not going to do that,” she said. She went 10 times to the courthouse before the registrar would sign her up to vote. Then she worked to guard the right and never missed an election.
The union said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott knew of the journalist’s press status, and deceived the author of the search warrant.
Judge Haywood Gilliam in Northern California granted a preliminary injunction against moving $1 billion in Defense Department funds intended for anti-drug activities.
A new law, signed by the governor earlier this week, is aimed at helping diabetics afford the lifesaving medication.
New York transit officials think he would surf on top of a train, get into the operating cabin, and then yank the emergency brake. The train would be delayed, along with others on that line.
The case drew national attention as a search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs ended when she escaped captivity and led authorities to her kidnapper.
The Pentagon would not say where the troops would be sent, other than that they would not be heading to Iraq and Syria. Some of the forces have already arrived in the region.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new gene therapy for a rare but devastating genetic disorder. The drugmaker says the cost is worth it because it’s a one-time treatment that saves lives.
The worldview that nations should promote their interests over those of the international community poses a challenge for Germany, a country built on partnerships.
A three-judge panel made a unanimous ruling on Friday that outraged the LGBTQ community. People convicted of homosexual acts will continue to face the threat of up to 14 years in prison.
A researcher wanted to see how girls of different nationalities perceived the idea of a princess.
Batali stepped away from his restaurants and TV appearances after accusations of sexual harassment. He’s now facing a charge he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at one of his restaurants in 2017.
Attorney General William Barr may reveal what he discovers as he looks into the origins of the Russia investigation, the president says. Democrats complain about information being “weaponized.”
Rep. Chip Roy objected to a procedural vote on a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, forcing Congress to wait until June to finish work on the legislation.
The bill makes no exception for cases of incest or rape and follows the approval of similar restrictions in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration hinted it could recertify the plane to fly passengers again by as soon as late June, but he would not commit to a timetable.
A quirk in the law gives an older opioid addiction treatment “orphan drug” status — and a period of exclusive market access. That may prevent some new therapies from reaching patients for years.
About $30 million would compensate women who have accused him of sexual misconduct as well as former employees of Weinstein Co. and studio creditors, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The former vice president is calling for unity and compromise, a restoration, of sort, of what Democrats view as normalcy. For Bernie Sanders and his supporters, that’s hardly enough.
Under the agreement, officers will be able to use lethal force only when it is “necessary” and if there are no other options. That’s widely viewed as higher than the existing legal standard.
Allowing undocumented immigrants in Connecticut to obtain driver’s licenses may have reduced hit-and-run crashes in the state. Eight other states are considering similar laws.
Though a new study shows that eating unprocessed food is healthier, home-cooked meals require resources that food experts take for granted, such as money and time, the authors of a new book argue.
The Democratic presidential candidate wants to decriminalize border crossing and argues that President Trump’s proposed “merit-based” immigration system “says that only certain people have merit.”
May had been under intense pressure from lawmakers to step down after her plans for Brexit were repeatedly rejected. Conservative lawmakers will now begin to consider her replacement.
Donald Lynn Cash of Utah achieved his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. A traffic jam on Mount Everest may have impeded efforts to carry him down the mountain before he died.
Fewer than 400 licenses will be granted annually, the government of Botswana said Thursday. Conservationists are decrying the decision as horrific and unethical.
Nearly all the phony accounts were caught by artificial intelligence and a boost in human monitoring. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said breaking up the company would make purging abusive accounts harder.
As many pro-Brexit voters express nostalgia for an earlier time in the country’s history, the governing Conservative Party could face a humiliating defeat in European elections.