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Oil prices have fallen from their peak earlier this year, but they are still high enough to inflict pain on car owners and to bring big profits to oil producers.

Tropical Storm Henri is headed toward the Northeast coast. Susan Davis speaks with Mayor Keith Hedrick of Groton, Connecticut.

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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Fred Hochberg, former chair of the Export-Import Bank, about his book Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word: How Six Everyday Products Make the Case for Trade.

A measure aimed at outlawing intoxicating hemp-based products is ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis, after the House and Senate passed it Wednesday.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Cheryl Strayed, who is reviving her Dear Sugar advice column. This time as a monthly newsletter.

King Richard is nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. Will Smith, Isha Price, and Aunjanue Ellis explain how faith motivated the Williams' family.

Lawmakers directed $91.1 million to hometown health and human services projects, including clinics, meal-delivery programs and a hurricane center. Not all will make it past the finish line.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Craig Spencer of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Manhattan, about the omicron variant's effect on medical care in the U.S.

The west Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriya is one of the city's most dangerous. There are daily sectarian killings, which has included people being pulled off buses and shot, others burned alive in their homes. Residents are gathering arms, and new militias have sprung up.

He warned that the Biden administration "plunges this country into a recession."

Argentina survived another heart-stopping match when it scored two late goals to topple England and extend the Three Lions' six-decade-long wait for another World Cup trophy.

Sets are often discarded after productions, with thousands of tons of materials going into dumpsters each year. Now art directors and their allies are pushing for a more sustainable approach.

The country is getting to know Tim Walz, the Democrats' candidate for vice president. How do people in his home state see their governor?

I’m the editor for Your Florida, a project focused on connecting people with state government and policies passed in Tallahassee that affect their lives. I’m passionate about highlighting community efforts to improve the quality of life in our state and am committed to holding those in power accountable when they fail to prioritize the needs of people they serve.

Blanca Matos' home, which backs up against a river, has flooded, and re-flooded, nearly every day this week. After each rain, she mops the house, cursing the river.

Keeping nursing home patients safe from an outbreak calls for excellent infection control. But government health inspectors found violations at many nursing homes, especially those with fewer staff.

President Obama took time Wednesday to remember Steven Sotloff, the American journalist and South Florida native recently murdered by militants of the...

With his trademark suspenders and Brooklyn-accented baritone, King spoke with world leaders, celebrities, authors, scientists, athletes — everyone.

After a broken elbow and an unlucky bout with dictation apps, writer Julia Reed realized that she doesn't write like she talks.

Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected House majority leader today to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay. Boehner defeated fellow Republican Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, 122-109, after lagging behind his rival in a first, inconclusive ballot. The third contender -- John Shadegg of Arizona -- withdrew after finishing last in the first round of balloting.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Zeidenberg about the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Tony Bennett once said k.d. lang is in a league of singers who are "blessed with a destiny." Twenty-five years later, that destiny is celebrated with a retrospective album called Recollection. But she didn't get that voice without discipline.

The beloved singer-songwriter who influenced generations of folk, country and Americana artists died Tuesday at the age of 73.