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Over 600,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year ago. Alison Wells remembers her sister, Elizabeth Wells.

Prices for materials like copper, soybeans and oil have been rising to the point that some economists are talking about a new 'supercycle' — an event in which prices go high and stay high for years.

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "... I think children like to find themselves in books."

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Unless Congress extends the deadline, Alaskans have a little less than a week to apply for the open round of the Paycheck Protection Plan. The loan…

The former poet laureate, Pulitzer winner and musician says she's obsessed with telling neglected stories and making poems sing.

The blank front page of Wednesday's issue of the Northeast News was a warning sign to the community about what might come if it ceased publication. The newspaper is in dire financial straits.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Israeli musician Noga Erez about her new album, KIDS.

Recent mass shootings follow a deadly pattern, data show: 98% of perpetrators are male. Psychologist Jillian Peterson breaks down why that is and ways to disrupt the pathways to violence.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin about the life of Tina Turner captured in the new HBO documentary.