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Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson discusses the decision with Ann Owen, a professor of economics at Hamilton College.

When you become an adult and want to start your own celebrations, how do you create new traditions without upsetting those who created the old?

Low-income families who qualify can participate in a federal program geared toward early development. But once kids turn 5 years old, they're no longer eligible for the extra food.

The former Poet Laureate recently joined NPR fans on Facebook Live. He talked about the inspiration for a poem imagining a Keith Richards-based mythology, and offered a tip to aspiring writers: Read.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of State. It may seem an odd choice at first, but running a big oil company requires sophisticated diplomatic skills.

Wake Forest University has fired one of its football team's radio analysts, who the school says provided game plans to its opponents. Tommy Elrod is a former player for the Wake Forest Deacons. He had also been doing radio analysis at Wake Forest games, until a school investigation concluded that Elrod had provided play sheets to rival teams.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced Wednesday the Fed raised benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2015.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer of CrowdStrike, about their assessment on how Russian hackers breached the Democratic National Committee and what it means for U.S. cyber security.

In an interview with President Obama's Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser, Lisa Monaco, she says the Obama administration may yet respond more forcefully to Russian cyber-intrusions.

A special holiday episode about the epic, decades-long feud between the two companies that make just about every handbell in the world.