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The rise comes despite two voter-approved tax hikes and more than $600 million spent last year on social services and new supportive housing. Officials blame rising rents and evictions.

The evidence supports the idea that many teachers are underpaid. But what's the best way to increase their pay?

It was the biggest extinction in Earth's history. A new Smithsonian exhibit notes that some of the same things that killed over 90% of ocean species 250 million years ago are happening now.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lewis Lukens, the former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in London, about the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom.

A congressional committee has upheld a prohibition against the Food and Drug Administration considering using gene-edited embryos to establish pregnancies.

Retailers that accept SNAP benefits must stock a variety of staple foods, including a minimum number of fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy and grain options. Now there's a fight over what counts.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the United States, about talks this week between Mexico and the U.S. over tariffs and immigration.

The U.S. team had hoped to cut the trade imbalance by $200 billion and stop China from targeting U.S. technology and intellectual property.

The arrest of a man accused of bribing African leaders is shedding a rare light onto how China's government and its companies operate abroad.

Steve Israel's new satire imagines a world where the gun lobby holds enough sway to pass such legislation through Congress. As a former Democratic congressman, he knows the subject intimately.