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The Federal Reserve says it plans to keep interest rates near zero because a broad range of U.S. economic measures remain subpar.

Video shows Prime Minister Justin Trudeau crouching to the royal toddler's level. He offered a low-five, but Prince George did not respond. Trudeau tried a high-five, even a handshake. Also declined.

The plan to close all U.K. coal-fired plants by 2025 would make it the first industrialized nation to eliminate coal-fired power generation.

In neighborhoods throughout New Orleans, black men don Indian costumes they worked on all year -- suits they carefully stitch and bead by hand. Like much of the city, the "Big Chiefs" have mixed feelings about celebrating Mardi Gras just months after Hurricane Katrina took its devastating toll.

As Ukrainian Jews in 1942, the Stermer family faced a grim fate at the hands of advancing Nazis. To stay alive, they went underground -- literally -- living in a labyrinth of Ukrainian caves for over a year. NPR's Scott Simon talks to surviving family members and the American caver who unearthed their story.

For the first time ever, all of the new electricity generation added to the nation's power grid in the month of March came from solar installations. That's according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly report on new power sources.

The House, over the objections of the minority Republican leadership, passes a nonbinding resolution disapproving of President Bush's plan to send additional soldiers to Iraq. The vote approving the measure came after four days of debate.

The incoming train slammed into a stationary train in Andhra Pradesh state's Vizianagaram district, causing a derailment of at least three rail cars, senior railway official said.

Bessent won Senate confirmation with the support of more than two dozen Democrats.

After a meeting with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, President Obama addressed the influx of migrant children on the U.S.-Mexico border.