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Computer-related problems on the New York Stock Exchange halted trading for more than three hours on Wednesday, but it was not a one-off.

FBI Director James Comey went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to make a case for Silicon Valley companies to continue to let law enforcement monitor communications over encrypted devices.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with documentary filmmaker Pamela Yates about Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was declared mentally unfit for trial Tuesday by Guatemala's forensic authority.

Card sales are stagnant and Hallmark just made major job cuts. While some millennials have found novelty in paper cards, the traditional cards can't quite compete with social media.

The global middle class is growing ... but slowly. (A lot of the credit goes to China.) And more than 70 percent of the world's population still falls below what would be considered "middle" income.

Critics say German chancellor Angela Merkel is being too rigid when it comes to helping Greece with its debt, but she is under intense domestic pressure to resist Greek demands.

During Prohibition, booze was banned, but "medicinal" spirits weren't, a loophole whiskey makers exploited. That's just one of the tidbits a new book tracing the history of whiskey labels reveals.

Lawmakers in the state's House of Representatives backed a bill that will put the controversial flag in a relic room. After Gov. Nikki Haley signs the bill Thursday, the flag will come down Friday.

Airline Pobeda claims it costs hundreds of dollars to scrape off a dried piece of gum. Passengers are unhappy with the ban. Wonder if they'll start scanning for gum at airport security?

If an agreement cannot be reached by midnight, Congress will double the time it takes to review any pact.