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Consumer prices in March were up 5% from a year ago. While inflation has eased from a four-decade high last summer, prices are still rising faster than the Federal Reserve would like.

Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, some of the social network's users are looking for alternatives. One that's ballooned in the past two weeks is Mastodon.

Three states are left to decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Here's what's happening in Arizona.

This has been the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds have drowned in the Rio Grande or perished from extreme heat in failed smuggling attempts.

A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.

Several crises in the country — including political instability, COVID and financial collapse — have created deteriorating conditions that have allowed the bacteria to spread.

On a cluster of islands between Norway and the North Pole, everyone wears headlamps for two-and-a-half months out of the year because it's pitch black outside. This weekend, the darkness begins.

Republican Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate, a surpise decision that pundits scrambling to learn more about the first-term governor. NPR's John Ydstie offers analysis on Palin's selection and what it means for McCain's prospects in November.

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president in a speech Thursday night that fired hard at his rival John McCain. Portraying a McCain administration as a continuation of the current Bush White House, Obama said, "On Nov. 4, we must stand up and say: 'Eight is enough.' "

Sen. Barack Obama gave an historic address last night before a record-breaking crowd of thousands, officially accepting the Democratic party's presidential nomination. In a final check in from Denver, NPR's Michel Martin and Cheryl Corley discuss last night's high notes.