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Segway announced Tuesday that it would stop the production of its iconic personal transportation namesake less than 20 years after releasing its first model.

Raquel Coronell Uribe, a history and literature major from Miami, calls the role a "huge" honor: "Even if it took 148 years, I'm thrilled that I get to be in the position to be that first person."

Experts say the way we cultivate and grow coffee isn't sustainable. Some coffee growers are hoping to change that.

Costco pays $17 an hour after a second raise this year. Starbucks is raising hourly pay to $15 amid a union effort. Major chains are pushing to draw workers, who have shunned a million retail jobs.

The company disclosed Tuesday that it lost about $304 million in the third quarter after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them at.

Josh Lambo, the Jaguars' former placekicker, went public with the latest in a string of stories that have depicted Meyer as disrespectful and abusive to his players and staff.

What started as a report of a dog loose on the highway ended with the timely rescue of two injured humans. One-year-old Tinsley, a Shiloh Shepherd, is getting praise and extra treats for her heroism.

Joe Bryant, a 12-year-old fanatic of the German pro soccer league, has been building detailed reconstructions of their arenas out of the tiny bricks without the help of blueprints.

How did David Sedaris and his Santaland Diaries become a Morning Edition holiday staple? It all started in 1992, when Ira Glass — then a radio producer — heard him at a reading.

In the most dramatic step a Big Tech company has taken against Russia, Apple says Russians will no longer be able to purchase Apple merchandise and access to Apple Pay is also restricted.

The United Kingdom embarked on its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Monday. The person who received the first dose is 90-year-old Margaret Keenan.

For Kentucky students wanting to participate in sports, their sex would be determined by the sex printed on their birth certificate and an affidavit from a doctor ascertaining that information.

The company that controls the name and image of Elvis Presley is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using "The King" in themed ceremonies. Some say the move could decimate their businesses.

British voters go to the polls Thursday in an election that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party is expected to win. Voters appear ready to back a third Blair term despite anger at his government's support for the Iraq war.

Ray Meyer, the basketball coach whose 42-year tenure at DePaul stretched from George Mikan to Mark Aguirre, died Friday at age 92. The timing of his passing is poignant, coming as the NCAA basketball tournament goes into full swing.

The nation's emergency rooms are crowded and overwhelmed. A major investigation says hospital ERs, which can barely handle daily 911 calls, are far from ready to handle the mass casualties that a flu epidemic or terrorist strike might bring.

In what is only his second speech from the seat of presidential power since announcing the invasion of Iraq, President Bush outlines his plan for the way forward in Iraq.

Scotland's art-pop hipsters Belle and Sebastian and the Canadian power pop group The New Pornographers visit Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club for a night of live music.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the real issue in the Karl Rove controversy is not a leak, but a war, and how America was misled into that war.

The former president appears on Talk of the Nation to discuss his presidency, the state of modern politics, and his views on the future. He also takes questions and e-mails from listeners.