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Many shoppers blame stores and manufacturers for supermarket inflation. But what do the companies' finances tell us?

When a Texas resident found an abandoned baby bird at a family barbecue, she acted fast to rescue it -- using a warm tortilla.

How did prison phone calls get to be so expensive? The team from The Indicator from Planet Money explains.

JD Vance and Tim Walz debated on Tuesday in the last scheduled debate of the election. The sparring was mostly collegial but a number of points on key issues require additional context or corrections.

In Arizona voters will decide whether local law enforcement should have the power to arrest people who cross the state's southern border illegally.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Larry Ingrassia, former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, about his latest book, "A Fatal Inheritance," which details his family's struggle with cancer.

Five people have been charged in connection with Friends star Matthew Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose last fall. The drug is approved in some medical settings, but is increasingly seen as a promising treatment for mental health issues — and as a party drug.

Witches are having a moment in Ukraine. Now they have taken center stage in a dark musical comedy titled The Witch of Konotop, with performances selling out all summer in Kyiv.

Georgia has emerged as one of the swingiest states in politics, so it's no surprise that the first presidential debate happens there. But its voters are less excited for a repeat of the 2020 election.

Interviews with actor Ke Huy Quan, pianist Jason Moran, humorist Samantha Irby, and media critic Brian Stelter are among the conversations that stuck with the staff of Fresh Air this year.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music critic Ann Powers about NPR's interactive "Best Songs of 2023" online tool.

As campus tensions escalate over student encampments to protest the war in Gaza -- with canceled classes, violent clashes and mass arrests in recent days -- Republican leaders in the California Legislature are calling for the state to use its upcoming budget process to punish demonstrators who they say have gone too far.