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NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember Alice Tan Ridley, who busked in the New York City subways and reached the semi-finals of "America's Got Talent."

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

A group of Anchorage jurors was unable to come to a unanimous decision in a nearly six-year long homicide case. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews declared a mistrial Friday morning for a young man involved in a 2019 Unalaska car crash case. Following more than three days of deliberation and over a week in trial, 24-year-old Dustin Ruckman was not convicted for his involvement in the deaths of two Unalaska teen girls, but he also hasn’t been acquitted.

This moment of economic uncertainty could drive more Americans to buy used. But experts say secondhand stores won't be immune from tariffs either.

There was another sell-off on Wall Street Thursday, as investors take stock of President Trump's trade war. Growing tensions with China are expected to raise prices in the coming months, just when it looked like inflation was about to cool off.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal about the economic fallout from President Trump's tariff policies, the global reaction, and what it all means for consumers.

House Republicans approved a budget, narrowly, after some pushback from conservatives. Now GOP leaders in the House and Senate have to agree on details of major spending cuts to pave way for President Trump's tax cuts and border security agenda.

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday. Mayor Eric Adams has confirmed that 6 people are reported dead, including a family of tourists from Spain, with 3 children.

In the new Apple TV+ show "Your Friends & Neighbors," Jon Hamm plays a hedge fund manager who loses his job, then burglarizes his wealthy friends to make up for lost income.

The Supreme Court says the Trump administration must "facilitate" the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, siding with a lower court judge.