As of mid-March, federal job losses were much more notable among men than women. The APM Research Lab’s analysis of national data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a net loss of 15,000 federal jobs for men, compared to just 2,000 for women.

The Supreme Court says retired Justice David Souter has died at age 85. He retired from the court in June 2009.

Catholics across Minnesota reacted with surprise and excitement after Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, was named the next pope on Thursday afternoon.

Lori Virelli of Harvey’s Tales of Geneva, Ill., recommends Fredrik Backman’s new novel “My Friends.”

The University of Minnesota is set to return human remains and funerary objects excavated from burial sites in the southwestern United States by anthropologists almost a century ago.

NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order that could loosen radiation limits.