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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with economist Julia Coronado, the founder of economic research service Macropolicy Perspectives, about the impact of gas prices on inflation and the economy.

AAA reports the average price of gas in the United States has fallen below $4 a gallon. That's a sharp drop from an average of $5 a gallon just a little over a month ago.

Even though players can't carry phones onto the field, replays show Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodofo Castro's cell sliding out. It happened Tuesday — the day Castro was called up from the minors.

Robert Pope says he considered quitting two hours in. But thanks to some bananas and a can of soda, he finished under the wire — in 23 hours and 39 minutes.

At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today millions of students pursue higher education, but collectively they owe $1.7 trillion in debt.

Racial justice activists say the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., marked a turning point that emboldened far-right political violence — including the Jan. 6th violence.

After Wisconsin left an 1849 near-total abortion ban in place, some providers began commuting to Illinois to treat patients. These Planned Parenthood partnerships could be a model for the future.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director of the American Immigration Council, about the end of the policy that had asylum-seekers had waiting in Mexico for court hearings.

The U.S. and Russia worked out a complex prisoner exchange involving more than 20 people, including three Americans and 10 Russians. In the past, many such deals involved spies for spies.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gazelle Sharmahd, the daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd, a critic of Iran's Islamic regime, who was kidnapped in California and forcibly taken to Iran to stand trial.