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The U.S. Department of Labor reports that a whopping 2.6 million jobs disappeared in 2008 and that an estimated 11 million Americans are looking for work. Three recent college graduates — Mimi Wong, Sarah Ahmad and Kelsey Schwenk — describe the frustrations and fears of finding themselves unemployed.

Award-winning poet and educator Nikki Award-winning poet and educator Nikki Giovanni has a new book of poems focusing on love. The legendary writer talks about her 27th work, Bicycles: Love Poems. Giovanni, also a distinguished English professor at Virginia Tech, explains what influences her writings.

Carlee Russell, 25, from Hoover, Ala., went missing on Thursday night after telling 911 she was going to help a toddler stranded on the side of the interstate. She then returned home, police said.

In his new book, Al Gore argues that consumers have "all the tools we need" to solve climate change. But unless the United States takes a leadership role, "it would be impossible to resolve this crisis," he tells NPR.

The University of Cincinnati claims in the 2022-2023 academic year, students in its co-op program collectively earned around $76 million. But did it help them emerge debt-free?

Member Darby Boddy used antisemitic language and claimed the district promoted segregation by preferring to hire candidates based on their race.

Writer Barbara Kingsolver is fascinated by the tension inherent in living on the border between two cultures. Her latest novel, The Lacuna, tells the story of a young man born of a Mexican mother and an American father.

The fish sent a chill through summertime swimmers in Sweden and Denmark. It isn't the much-feared piranha, but a cousin, the pacu, which has a reputation for attacking men's testicles.

The bill, which is supported by most of the Republicans in the GOP-dominated Ohio House, would make it illegal for drag performers to exhibit nudity or perform activities that appeal to "a prurient interest" in front of children under 18 years old.

For Sunset High School's band, Friday night games help prepare for Saturday competitions. That's when band parents and friends cheer for these champions from Portland, Ore., as lustily as football fans and when judges rate musicianship and movement.