Los Angeles is in a housing crisis. Yet up to 100,000 units, many of them luxury apartments, sit empty.

It might sound kind of strange: A podcast about podcasts. Podcast fanatics rejoice because it’s here. This week, LAist Studios launched “Servant of Pod with Nick Quah.”

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.

On Wednesday, President Trump's new appointee as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and other government outlets.

NPR surveyed all 50 states to find out how many people they have doing contact tracing — one of the essential tools for keeping outbreaks from flaring up. Look up your state to see how it's doing.

A major concern as many states are starting to slowly reopen their economies is whether there will be a spike in cases of COVID-19 that coincides with the reopening.

American shoppers ramped up their spending on store purchases by a record 17.7% from April to May, delivering a dose of energy for retailers that have been reeling since the coronavirus shut down businesses, flattened the economy and paralyzed consumers during the previous two months.

The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis and the ensuing protest movement has sparked difficult conversations about race in many different spheres, including one that can feel especially sensitive and fraught: the workplace.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore joins Larry Mantle for his monthly check-in on AirTalk.

While retail sales bounced back in May after a deep drop in March and April, the wealthiest Americans are not spending as freely as they did before the pandemic. And that could limit the recovery.