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No one wants rats scurrying about their neighborhood. But they're a cunning and evasive foe. Now, a community near Boston is trying their luck with a different approach: rat birth control.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to poet Raymond Antrobus about his new memoir, The Quiet Ear, and how he has navigated between the worlds of hearing and hearing loss.

A historic 113-year-old church is being moved a few miles down the road -- in one piece.

The 50-year-old casual dining chain Chili's has posted five straight quarters of double digit sales increases. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Slate's Dan Kois about what's behind the brand's turnaround.

Every 10 Years, New York City counts all its trees.

A Gaza scholar at Yale lost his wife, children and mother in Israeli airstrikes. He's fighting to stay in the United States.

President Trump has threatened Democratic-run cities, like Chicago and Oakland, that if they don't "learn their lesson" and "clean-up" crime, he will get involved. But leaders of these cities say they are doing the work to reduce crime in ways that will make a lasting impact.

President Trump hosted Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders at the White House. But questions still remain around serious peace negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

A little millenial nostalgia for the era when we discovered music on blogs.

The home-improvement chain is now one of the companies most caught up in Trump's immigration crackdown. The retailer's history with day laborers is long. So far, it's choosing to keep its distance.

Forecasts nudge Erin's likely path to the west, increasing the risks at U.S. beaches. Tropical storm conditions are expected in North Carolina's Outer Banks starting late Wednesday.

Lee's new film centers on a music mogul who faces a moral dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly hold his friend's son ransom instead of his own: Will he risk it all to save a child who isn't his?