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Employers shed 524,000 jobs in December. For all of 2008, the economy lost a net total of 2.6 million jobs. The lion's share of the cuts — 1.9 million jobs — came during the last four months of 2008.

Kent Conrad, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is one of the first lawmakers to handle President Obama's proposed $3.6 trillion budget — which carries trillions of dollars in projected deficits. Conrad is working to cut out some of that debt.

The 229-202 vote in the Democratic-controlled chamber was largely along party lines, with nine GOP members joining Democrats. What happens next is up to the Justice Department.

More than 4.3 million children have fled their homes in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to UNICEF. It warns that consequences could last for generations to come.

A new study says the current climate crisis is a "severe threat" to the safety of younger generations, who will experience far more extreme climate events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods.

More than 6,000 original stories were submitted to this round of Three-Minute Fiction and we're on the quest to select just one winner. Until then, we'll be reading a few of the stories that catch our eyes. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz presents this week's stand out stories: Pilgrims by Catherine Carberry from Metuchen, N.J., and Fireflies, by Delia Read from Fairfax, Calif. To see these stories and others go to npr.org/threeminutefiction.

The Los Angeles International Airport was recently named one of the world's 10 worst airports, along with Rangoon and Baghdad. But over the next decade, the aging airport will get a $4 billion to $6 billion overhaul.

Don Siegelman wants the Alabama governorship back. First, he has to get by a tough opponent, Lucy Baxley, in the June 6 Democratic primary. And there's one more thing: He faces trial on corruption charges.

Big Bird, who is technically 6 years old, got his COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend. His announcement did not sit well with conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz, who called it "government propaganda."

The idea that immigration reform cannot happen without improved border security is one of the recurring themes of the current debate on Capitol Hill. Operation Jump Start, in which up to 6,000 National Guard troops were sent to the southern U.S. border, has been a success. But units are being pulled back as the Border Patrol adds new recruits.