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Consumer prices in April were up 2.3% from a year ago, the smallest annual increase in more than four years. Grocery prices fell 0.4%, thanks to a large drop in the price of eggs.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.

Oakland’s sports landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Major league teams have left, and memories linger in empty stadiums. However, a sport far more popular in other parts of the globe is attempting to gain a foothold in the Bay Area.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the Haim sisters about their new album I Quit out Friday.

This is goalball, a sport invented for blind and low vision people. It's a game that relies on just two senses: hearing and feeling. KALW's Rachel Longan visited a goalball tournament and later even padded up to play to find out if it is worth the risk.

In our latest installment of Cineplexity, NPR staffers discuss how much horror is too much for kids to watch in movies.

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of swans, geese, cranes and other waterfowl descend on a Montana lake on their way to the Arctic. A small town festival draws thousands of bird fans.

Nurul Haque vowed to give back to the U.S. — the country he credits with allowing him to escape from one of the bleakest humanitarian crises in the world.

Federal judges rarely speak outside of their rulings in court. But now many are publicly warning about threats they face this year after ruling against the Trump administration.

This week, HEAL Palestine, a non-profit organization, will carry out the largest known evacuation of wounded children from Gaza to the United States. Co-founder Zeena Salman shares some of the children's stories.

New books this week include Secret of Secrets — the sixth installment of The Da Vinci Code saga, plus a tech memoir from Tim Berners-Lee and a career-spanning anthology from Terry McMillan.

There are around 240,000 Muslims living in Michigan, and less than a dozen Muslim foster families. An iftar celebration hoped to help Muslim foster youth find a spiritual community.