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The stock markets went through a whipsaw trading session on Monday, punctured by bouts of panic. At one point, the Dow fell as much as 1,579 points, the largest intraday-point drop in the history of the index.

In interviews that appear in court documents filed Monday, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Michael McDonald reflects his early days playing banjo with his dad, and why he's still proud to be a Doobie Brother. Then he plays a game inspired by '60s singers.

The economy adds a decent number of jobs every month but there are big questions about the quality of some of those jobs. Many people getting hired these days do not have anything resembling a regular schedule and work fragmented and unpredictable hours.

That's another way of referring to gynecological cancers, which strike more than 1 million women a year — and are on the rise in the developing world.

Claire Panke, a neonatal intensive care nurse, talks about the changes COVID-19 has brought to her unit. For example, parents must visit babies one at a time and wear masks.

Front-line workers in Houston, Seattle and New York City tell NPR about their experiences in hospitals over the last six months. "2020 can't keep going like this," one doctor says.

The boom of U.S. craft breweries, more than doubling in the past five years, could soon be turning to bust. Without throngs of customers jamming their bars, many struggle to pivot to a new model.

On the day of its annual shareholder meeting, Starbucks announced its CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring, effective April 4. Howard Schultz, who led the company for two decades, will return as interim CEO.

Democrats won two hard-fought governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday's off-year elections. In California, voters rejected eight ballot measures, including propositions backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But there was a key victory for the GOP -- New Yorkers re-elected Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Madeleine Brand discusses the results of the vote with Slate political correspondent John Dickerson.