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Margarita Engle explores what it's like to be an outsider in 'Singing with Elephants'

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Cuban-American author Margarita Engle about her novel: Singing with Elephants.

A man ponders the options at a Dollar Store in Alhambra, California. Shoppers continue to face high prices on everyday goods. Inflation is the top voter concern in the midterm elections.

Inflation is top issue in this week's midterms

Rising prices are a top concern for voters in this year's midterm elections, outpacing abortion, crime and defending democracy. Prices in September were up 8.2% from a year ago.

On the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, rising sea levels are threatening coastal communities, a problem the country's leaders say is being caused by richer nations. They're seeking compensation for the damages.

Do wealthy countries owe poorer ones for climate change? One country wrote up a bill

At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.

As part of the settlement, the loan servicing company Navient agreed to pay $95 million for states to offer affected borrowers some reimbursement — roughly $260 each to 350,000 borrowers.

Navient reaches a deal to cancel $1.7 billion in student loan debts

The loan servicing giant has agreed to cancel student loan debts owed by roughly 66,000 borrowers as part of a settlement reached with 39 state attorneys general.

President Biden delivers the State of the Union address on Feb. 7.

Biden had a sick burn in his State of the Union speech. 'Lots of luck' explaining it

President Biden wished congressional Republicans "lots of luck in your senior year" during his State of the Union speech — a taunt that had a lot of people wondering.

Shares for Google's parent company, Alphabet, dropped 9% Wednesday after its AI chatbot, Bard, gave an incorrect answer.

Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week.

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks as Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, the ranking member, right, listens, during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties.

House panel on 'weaponization' of the government's first hearing takes aim at DOJ, FBI

The hours-long meeting for the House Judiciary Committee's select subpanel saw Republicans and Democrats trading attacks.

The part of the form that deals with menstrual cycles and had been optional. The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors voted to remove the questions about high school athletes' menstrual history.

Florida high school athletes won't have to report their periods after emergency vote

The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors has voted to remove questions about athletes' menstrual history from a required health form for participation in school sports.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly interviews the Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in Tehran.

In Iran, NPR sees anger and desperation. Its government tells us nothing is wrong

In an interview with NPR in Tehran, Iran's foreign minister dismisses the protests that have spread in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death, saying "nothing important had happened."

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022.

N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo 'Dudamel era' after historic appointment

New York philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda discusses the decisionmaking process behind bringing the superstar conductor to the Big Apple.

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