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The White House says it might extend "opportunity zone" tax breaks to help struggling neighborhoods after the pandemic. But critics say the program mostly helps wealthy investors.

This Valentine's Day, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jessica Roy, an audience engagement editor for the Los Angeles Times, about her piece on songs that were ruined by exes and past relationships.

Actor and musician Jussie Smollett turned himself in to Chicago Police Thursday after being charged with filing a false police report in connection with an alleged assault.

"I'm showing that trans women can be whatever they want to be: a teacher, a mother, a doctor, a politician and even Miss Universe," Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, said recently.

NPR goes on the trail with Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand. It's part of a series conducted by the NPR Politics Podcast, Iowa Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio.

The former prime minister of New Zealand and gender equality champion is at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, where attendees treat her like a rock star.

The Arkansas River is rising well above its previous record, and it's forecast to stay that way for days. That's putting pressure on old levees and making it hard for some residents to evacuate.

Under the Communist Party's ideological reeducation of China's population, humiliation by foreign powers forms an emotional underpinning of the country's national identity.

The Labor Department says consumer prices jumped 5% for the 12 months ending in May. That's the sharpest increase in nearly 13 years, as the economy rebounds from the pandemic recession.

ESPN's Howard Bryant discusses the final games of the French Open, the final four in the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs, and the continuing fallout over a ban on foreign substances in the MLB.