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Vehicles drive past a sign on the 110 Freeway warning of extreme heat and urging energy conservation during a heat wave in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 2. Soaring electricity bills are pinching many household budgets across the country even as gasoline prices have come down.

Soaring electricity bills are the latest inflation flashpoint

Inflation eased slightly in August thanks to falling gasoline prices, but the cost of many essentials continues to climb, including soaring power bills that are straining family budgets.

Additional benefits during the pandemic helped SNAP recipients reduce hunger and buy more expensive, healthy food.

Pandemic food assistance that held back hunger comes to an end

Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.

A no on Issue 1 yard sign over a large rock

Northeast Ohio reacts to defeat of State Issue 1

On Tuesday, Ohio voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have have made it more difficult to amend the state constitution.

The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

The ice surface of Antarctica, looking toward the Gamburtsev Mountains and Dome A. Deep below the surface here, new ice is forming around the mountains and pushing upward. The black flags in the distance mark the edge of the runway for research aircraft studying the area.

It's Bottoms Up For Antarctic Ice Sheets

Antarctica is like an amazing frozen layer cake, made from millions of layers of snow that gradually turns to ice. But a new study finds that some ice on the continent is actually forming from water flowing beneath the glaciers — a discovery that upends the way researchers thought about Antarctic ice formation.

MAY 20: An American flag reflects in Mississippi River floodwaters outside of a home in south Vicksburg, Miss.

In La., Opening Of Floodgates Empties Some Towns

Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.

In La., Opening Of Floodgates Empties Some Towns

Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.

An animated teenage boy jumps off a diving board amid a sky of bright blue.

Ohio’s own NPR TikTok star heads to the big screen

Jack Corbett, NPR producer and Planet Money visual host, is branching out from his viral TikToks to a star-studded animated movie

Tariffs And The Footwear Industry

Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America head Matt Priest tells NPR's Scott Simon about his industry's reaction to the trade war with China.

Stop thinking just about Election Day. We're in voting season now

Voting for the midterms has started in some states. With more people voting early and mailing in ballots, elections are increasingly less about Election Day and more about what happens weeks earlier.

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