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Fuel economy is at record highs and carmakers have surpassed strict greenhouse gas emissions standards for the third straight year, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

In what may be the only recording of his voice, James Naismith describes how he created basketball to occupy his stir-crazy students during a snowy winter in New England.

A judge declared a hung jury after the panel couldn't reach a decision in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer.

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates after seven years of record lows. It's signaling that further rate hikes will likely be made slowly.

A toy analyst explains why merchandise sales for the seventh film in the Star Wars franchise have been so high.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he'll issue recommendations on boosting funding for state highways next month after receiving a report from a panel he…

NPR's Ari Shapiro asks NPR' pop culture blogger Linda Holmes to put the much-anticipated new Star Wars film into perspective.

Have you ever heard an announcement from the Federal Reserve and felt like you are way under qualified to understand a word of it? That's no accident.

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of police officer William Porter, who was charged in the death of Freddie Gray. The jury could not reach agreement on any of the charges Porter faced.

The few protesters who lingered into the night were wracked by disillusionment. Every part of their government is broken, they said, and fixing it will be a tough battle.