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NPR asked readers and listeners to send in their questions about inflation. We took the most common ones — and got answers from economists.

NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home.

Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas' politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for an interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack.

The giant panda Ying Ying in Hong Kong is now the mother of twins. The theme park where she lives said the birth is a “true rarity” — because Ying Ying is the world’s oldest first-time panda mom.

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

The Kalona Historical Village in southeast Iowa may be a tourism spot geared toward the past, but its features and exhibits have constantly evolved.

States have been culling their Medicaid rolls since pandemic coverage protections expired last year. But more than a dozen states have also expanded access for lower-income people, including children.

Gaetz is in a primary fight tied to ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the latest salvo in an ongoing war. Gaetz led that ouster. Now his district encapsulates a GOP intraparty clash that fuels dysfunction on the House floor and the campaign trail.

Gaza health officials say the death toll of Palestinians killed in the war has topped 40,000. We look at three of those recent deaths: a mother and her newborn twins died in Gaza this week.