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Earnest Jackson, the sole star of Planet Money's record label, died recently at 75. We look back at his life and the long lost song he recorded in the 1970s about inflation.

Republican Joe Lhota wants to be the next mayor of New York. He faces long odds — Democrats outnumber Republicans 6-to-1 in the city. But New Yorkers haven't elected a Democrat mayor in more than two decades. And with the general election just seven weeks away, Democrats facing a potential runoff don't yet have a nominee.

India has made new rules regulating the weight of school bags. Are principals — and parents — paying attention? One mother in Mumbai is conducting spot checks to find out.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jeh Jeh Pruitt of local TV station WBRC Fox 6 about the NBA finals, and what Alabama and Auburn fans are talking about in the off-season.

Race and admissions have been in headlines a lot lately, from the federal level on down. Here's a rundown of what is known and what is happening.

Just 88,000 jobs were added to private and public payrolls in March. The jobless rate still edged down to 7.6 percent — but only because nearly half a million fewer people were in the labor force.

The judge in a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox seemed doubtful of the network's argument that Murdoch should not travel to testify. The newly engaged chairman plans to travel widely with his bride.

Three months after Nicolás Maduro's capture, Venezuelans are daring to hope again — even as the hardest part may still lie ahead.

For the second time, the University of Texas must defend its limited use of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions.

England's top Premier League teams are playing exhibition games, running soccer clinics for kids and sponsoring fan parties in China, drawn by its massive economic potential. Newly moneyed owners of Chinese teams are snagging big-name European players in a sport that's favored by China's political elite.