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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, about consumer prices and primary inflation factors.

A group called Rolling Jubilee has "abolished" more than $3 million in private student loans from the for-profit Corinthian Colleges. And it's just getting started.

As California's drought continues, social media and smart phone apps let just about anyone call out water waste, often very publicly.

Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the NFL playoffs and how this exciting time of year for football fans has been somewhat overshadowed by talk of concussions.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," award-winning visual artist Anna Sidana gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

In Boston, a convicted felon, who isn't supposed to have weapons, posted photos of himself with guns on Twiter. A Fla. man fell asleep while apparently robbing a house. He slept as police took photos.

Everyone wants to "make a difference" but the question is: how? Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn set out to find the answer in their new book, A Path Appears.

Never Trump forces made one final attempt to try to block Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. But a rules package ensuring he will be the nominee passed over objections anyway.

Urban orchards are dropping everything from apples to avocados on Seattle, Bloomington, Ind., Boston and several other cities. Advocates say orchards can have longer lasting impact than gardens.

At a sentencing hearing for Oscar Pistorius, a court-appointed prison social worker says the South African athlete's punishment for culpable homicide should include three years of house arrest.

Seven children and two adults died from injuries suffered in Saturday's blaze, the worst fire ever in Charleston, W.Va.

The archive shines new light on a painful period in French history — when the Vichy government collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.