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In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.

A strong U.S. dollar is raising concerns that it may be too strong and cause problems for the U.S. economy. But many analysts say the positives of a strong dollar usually outweigh the negatives.

As the U.S trade war heats up, President Trump has called for European countries to start buying our chicken and eggs. But food safety regulations put in place many years ago prohibit that from happening. Will Stone, reporter. Gisele Grayson, editor.

An individual person's odds of winning the lottery are slim, so an office pool can be a way to improve your odds. But how do you avoid the pitfalls of the office lottery pool?

If you're planning on buying an artificial Christmas tree this year, you may want to make your purchase sooner rather than later.

A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

Tomatoes are the highlight of the end of the summer garden and local farmers’ markets.

Corn knows no bounds: At the height of summer, resident chef Kathy Gunst can't get enough of it.

Actor Anthony Mackie talks about the movie he's seen a million times, Top Gun. This story originally aired on weekends on All Things Considered on June 24, 2012.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Raphael Warnock about his memoir A Way Out of No Way and how he proved himself wrong by winning a Georgia Senate seat as a Black Democrat.