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Vice President George H.W. Bush accepts the Republican nomination for president in 1988. In that speech, he laid out a promise that he would later break, hurting his chance at re-election and changing his party.

6 Little Words Helped Make George H.W. Bush (A 1-Term) President

"Read my lips" succeeded at countering Bush's image problem. But if it improved his chances of being elected in 1988, it may have ruined his chances of being re-elected in 1992.

Terri Logan (right) practices music with her daughter, Amari Johnson (left), at their home in Spartanburg, S.C. When Logan's daughter was born premature, the medical bills started pouring in and stayed with her for years. Then, a few months ago, she discovered a nonprofit had paid off her debt.

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

6 out of 10 Catholics support abortion rights despite church's stance, study shows

Abortion is almost entirely illegal in some states. The Catholic church hopes to keep it that way, but many Catholics support abortion rights. How do they reconcile their politics with their faith?

Sign of the times? A "help wanted" sign in the window of a Philadelphia business last year.

Economy Adds Only 74,000 Jobs In December; Jobless Rate At 6.7 Percent

The unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since late 2008, but the labor force has shrunk. That could be a sign that many Americans still think there just aren't that many job openings out there.

31.4 million Americans are expected to bet $7.6 billion dollars on the Super Bowl

Kelsey Snell talks with HBO's Jon Frankel about the explosion of legal sports gambling and the professional leagues' embrace of it.

"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection."

Ina Garten shares her secret for a great dinner party: 6 people and a round table

"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

Worksafe Tasmania officers inspect a bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Thursday. A strong gust of wind lifted the castle some 30 feet into the air at an event celebrating the end of the school year.

A wind gust swept a bouncy castle in Tasmania 30 feet in the air, killing 6 children

The incident happened at an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in the Australian state.

After dominant 6-2 win, the U.S. will face Canada for Olympic men's hockey gold

In the semifinal, Slovakia had few answers for the American onslaught. Now, the U.S. men will meet Canada for a chance to win the team's first Olympic hockey gold since the "Miracle on Ice" back in 1980.

Report Reveals More Than 6,500 Migrant Workers Have Died In Qatar's World Cup Prep

NPR's Scott Simon asks Pete Pattisson of The Guardian about his reporting on migrant worker deaths in Qatar, including those who died while constructing venues for FIFA's 2022 World Cup.

FBI arrests man who allegedly planted pipe bombs near DNC, RNC before Jan. 6 attack

The FBI announced Thursday the arrest of the man the believe planted two pipe bombs near the site of the U.S. Capitol complex on Jan. 6, 2021.

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