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National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander is sworn on Capitol Hill on Sept. 26.

U.S. Did Not Spy On French, Spanish Citizens, Says Spy Chief

Gen. Keith Alexander also said the information was collected in conjunction with European governments.

Visitors look at old boil tanks at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam last month. As it celebrates 150 years of brewing, Heineken has also reportedly rejected a takeover offer from SABMiller.

Heineken Owners Reportedly Rebuff SABMiller's Purchase Offer

In a move seen as a way to fight off Anheuser-Busch InBev, brewer SABMiller reportedly offered to buy Heineken. The family that controls Heineken rejected the idea, Bloomberg News says.

Even before the wave of labor organizing took off at Starbucks, independently owned coffeehouses in cities across the U.S. were becoming hot spots for union drives.

One unionized. The other did not. How 2 Milwaukee cafés were changed by union drives

A barista-led labor movement has dealt challenges to coffee shop owners, and not just Howard Schultz. In Milwaukee, two independently owned cafés faced union drives with two very different outcomes.

A worker collects coffee beans at a farm in Cuatro Esquinas, on the outskirts of Diriamba.

Azuquita Pa'l Cafe: What Coffee Songs Mean To Latin America

Coffee runs through the veins of Latin America. This week on Alt.Latino, hear some of the songs the drink has inspired.

<em>Afternoon Tea</em>, 1886. Chromolithograph after Kate Greenaway. If you're looking for finger sandwiches, dainty desserts and formality, afternoon tea is your cup.

High Tea, Afternoon Tea, Elevenses: English Tea Times For Dummies

It's easy to get overwhelmed by the English and their social tea traditions. What time does each of them take place, anyway? But don't fret. The Salt is here to offer guidance.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, pictured last week in the Oval Office, denied that President Trump's controversial visit this week to St. John's Church in Washington, D.C., was a political move.

Attorney General Barr Defends Response To Protests Near The White House

William Barr and other federal law enforcement officials express sympathy for the family of George Floyd while denouncing violent protests in a press conference on Thursday.

Todd Fadel, at piano, leads singers at a recent gathering of Beer & Hymns at First Christian Church Portland.

To Stave Off Decline, Churches Attract New Members With Beer

As a way to bring new people to the chuch, a few mainline churches are experimenting with informal services centered around craft beer. The result is not sloshed congregants; rather, it's an attempt to do church differently.

Christian Piatt, co-owner of the Brew Drinkery in Granbury, Texas, was forced to close his brewery's doors due to the coronavirus less than two months after he opened.

Small Businesses Say Rescue Loans Come With Too Many Strings Attached

Business owners lucky enough to get the federal rescue funds are wrestling with paying their employees, even when their doors are closed.

Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor

Do-it-yourselfers have made everything from bamboo bicycles to 3-D printers, but nothing as ambitious as the Open Source Ecology project. On a farm in northwest Missouri, tractors and other industrial machines are made from scratch, with detailed plans on how to do it yourself shared online.

Ravi Patel and his sister, Geeta, worked together on the documentary <em>Meet the Patels, </em>in which Ravi struggles to find a partner both he and his parents love.

'Meet The Patels': One Man's Quest To Find Love, The Old-School Indian Way

Ravi Patel had tried and failed to find "The One." So he reluctantly let his parents arrange for him to meet dozens of prospects. And his sister has filmed the whole thing — for our viewing pleasure.

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