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A 2020 Gallup Poll of more than 3,000 heterosexual couples found that women handle the majority of the domestic workload, including doing the laundry, cleaning and cooking.

Semitruck drivers spend hours searching for parking spots, which cuts their earnings and slows down the supply chain. Truckers are counting on a bipartisan push in Congress to help.

Republican congressional investigators found weapons traced to a failed U.S. law enforcement operation that sought to take down violent Mexican drug cartels have been recovered at more than 48 different sites in Mexico. The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee holds a hearing Tuesday on the matter.

The Norfolk Southern train derailment and the release of toxic chemicals that followed has hurt the housing market in East Palestine, Ohio.

The largest electric utility in Texas, TXU Corp., has agreed to be sold for $32 billion to a group of private-equity firms. In a nod to environmentalists, the utility's new owners would drop plans to build 8 of 11 proposed new coal-burning power plants and make other environmental concessions.

Congress and the White House are working toward a $15 billion short-term agreement to bail out the auto industry. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Congress could act on an auto bailout as early as the end of the day.

As the number of teens using opioids goes up, California debates whether they should have access to drug treatment without parental consent.

The Army is set to decide whether or not to bring back their iconic "pinks and greens" dress uniforms from the WWII era. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Army Times writer Meghann Myers.

Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to gun violence researcher Garen Wintemute about the effectiveness of stricter guidelines and laws for firearms.