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After a rapid jump in recent years, rents have begun to level off around the country. And in some areas, rents are even falling.

Democratic primary voters in Colorado delivered some upsets Tuesday night, signaling they want a change from establishment candidates. Results from the state's primary also set up a key House race.

In Portland, Ore., a local nonprofit collects fresh food from restaurants, farms, businesses, and events that would otherwise be thrown away. The group then redistributes it to people in need.

ICE says agents detained more than 200 people during a few days of concentrated effort in Maine. Some of those people are now being released.

NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss sports (DRAFT)

Thanksgiving myth tells us that the Pilgrims survived because friendly Native Americans helped them adapt their farming practices. Since then, it's been Native people who've been forced to adapt.

Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate in Florida, is running from the far left — raising questions about whether such a campaign can work in a red state like Florida.

A young scientist decided that one way to get girls into science would be by painting neurons and parasitic worms on her nails.

At NPR, our staff and journalists covering campaigns often come across quirky campaign paraphernalia. No matter how long they're been reporting these races, collectingquirky tokens is part of being on the road. What are the best items? Our election staff tell us about their best finds.

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes into the championship game against LSU.

The Missouri woman persuaded her boyfriend to kill her mother, Dee Dee, after she had forced her daughter to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia and other serious illnesses.

Update 5:00 PM Monday: The season’s third tropical depression has formed between the Bahamas and Florida. The National Hurricane Center says it’s...

The Center of the Arts area could see considerable changes under a plan that would improve access and usability of the Mahaffey Theater and Salvador Dali Museum.

A sheriff said charges are unlikely against a Nebraska couple after an alligator killed their 2-year-old son by snatching him out of shallow water at a...

Patronis said a federal judge’s ruling last month in a battle about wetlands permitting has affected the appraised values of 27,742 acres of agricultural land in Polk, Seminole, Hendry and Collier counties.

Commentator Diane Layfield remembers her son Travis, a Marine killed in Iraq, and explains why she finds Cindy Sheehan's protest dishonorable. Layfield is a volunteer for Operation: Mom, a support group for members of the military and their families.

Farai Chideya pays tribute to Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, who died Friday at his Detroit home. He was 72 years old.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ron Eichner, the owner of Eichner's Family Farm in Wexford, Pa., about how rising production costs and the avian flu are inflating the price of eggs.

The Crown, Hacks, Ted Lasso and The Queen's Gambit all did well on Sunday night. But the Emmys also laid bare the problems with production and representation that plague nearly every awards season.

Evan Keats, who assumed the role earlier this year, says he is interested in continuing to build new connections with the community on behalf of law enforcement.

Two suicide bomb attacks and a roadside bombing in Iraq kill at least 31 people, many of them members of the Iraqi police. These bombings come a day after attacks in Iraq killed more than 150 people, and Jordanian militant Abu Musab al Zarqawi announced he's waging a war against Iraqi forces and the country's Shiite Muslims.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein about the decision of some ABC affiliates not to air the network's Veterans Day broadcast of the film Saving Private Ryan. Wallenstein says those decisions reflect the anxiety of station owners over the Federal Communications Commission's crackdown on indecency.

The nationally televised presidential and vice-presidential debates have helped focus the opinions of millions of voters. But commentator Ray Salazar wistfully wonders if things might have been different if the candidates hadn't been so determined to solidify their respective political bases, instead of reaching out to undecided voters.

With the withdrawal of Bernard Kerik, President Bush renews his search to replace Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge. NPR's Tavis Smiley explores the daunting task of securing the United States in perilous times with guests Phillip Crowley, director of national defense and homeland security at the Center for American Progress, and Lee Strickland, director of the Center for Information Policy.