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Due to high inflation, rising interest rates and economic fears, stock markets are seeing a sharp decline in the number of private companies that want to begin selling stock to the general public.

Due to high inflation, rising interest rates and economic fears, stock markets are seeing a sharp decline in the number of private companies that want to begin selling stock to the general public.

About 100 victims of former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar are suing the FBI. They say the agency mishandled complaints about Nassar in 2015, allowing him to continue his abuse until his arrest.

Even after a year, much is still unknown about the figures behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. It has created a political vacuum filled by instability and gang violence.

An ethnobotanist travels into the Sahara Desert to research the vanishing customs of Timbuktu, once a medieval intellectual center. In the first of a four-part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Alex Chadwick follows Wade Davis for the start of a project to document disappearing cultures of the world.

The maverick billionaire Elon Musk says he wants to buy Twitter and take it private. He's already Twitter's largest shareholder and has been a persistent critic of the platform's speech policies.

Climate change is bringing more extreme weather that often leads to mass power outages. That has more Americans installing home generators. (Story originally aired on ATC on Jan. 31, 2022.)

EU foreign ministers, who are meeting Monday, are going to discuss more steps concerning the war in Ukraine. One question is whether Europe will reduce its dependence on buying Russia oil and gas.

Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer of the sleeping pill Ambien say the drug caused them to unknowingly binge eat and sleepwalk. Some doctors say not following prescription instructions might have caused the unusual side effects.

Defendant Zacarias Moussaoui repeatedly interrupts efforts to select a jury during the first day of his sentencing trial. Moussaoui has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Sept. 11 attacks. The jurors will determine whether Moussaoui receives the death penalty.