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Nathan Chen wins gold in the men's figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics. He pulled off five quad jumps, and is the first U.S. man to win figure skating's top individual honor since 2010.

Deaths exceeded births in half of U.S. states last year, marking a big shift. The pandemic and limits on immigration are partly to blame.

Consumer prices in January were up 7.5% from a year ago, the biggest annual gain since 1982. That may seem like a lot for those under 40, but older folks have lived through even sharper price hikes.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Texas Republican Chip Roy say their bill to ban lawmakers from picking stocks is picking up steam. Top leaders have now signed on, showing momentum.

The family history of SARS-CoV-2 is not what virologists expected — and it sheds light on the coronavirus that launched a pandemic. Check out our illustration of the virus's family tree.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House Republicans who serve on the panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The Biden administration has sent Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on some tough assignments — from negotiating with Russian officials to visiting China.

Audio cassette tapes are selling well — even though they don't sound very good and they are not as retro cool as vinyl records.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Annette Anderson of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy schools, about the implications as several states start rolling back mask mandates in schools.

The Interior Department ordered a review of tribal jail deaths, but the man who got the contract is a former agency official who oversaw the jails when some of the deaths occurred.