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A Saudi Arabian investment fund wants to buy an English soccer club, Newcastle United. Some fans have welcomed the move — but human rights groups want it stopped.

Lawmakers looking to stabilize the health insurance exchanges may consider a number of proposals — including pushing young adults off a parent's plan or letting people buy into Medicare and Medicaid.

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

Historically black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, have often struggled to offer professional masters degrees due to various issues. And that’s why our next guest’s institution has recently partnered with the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business for a new Master of Accountancy program. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Tracy Dunn, dean of the Benedict College Tyrone Adam Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship in Columbia, SC.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about how a rise in the prime interest rate hasn't yet translated into higher loan rates for most U.S. consumers.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a U.S. Commerce Department report showing an unexpected drop in retail sales in June.

Technology contributor Mario Armstrong talks with Farai Chideya about how the Internet can help with real estate transactions. Mario also covers technology for Baltimore-area NPR member stations WYPR and WEAA.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the rise in the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the last quarter, and also the big oil deal between Conoco-Phillips and the Russian oil company Lukoil.

Insurers and some Democratic senators say people should have a cheaper option on the health exchanges. But those plans may leave people with painfully high copays and deductibles if they get sick.

The U.S. Capitol police union has said their leadership failed to protect them on January 6. The union wants acting Chief Yogananda Pittman and a half-dozen other officers to be held accountable.