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A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or other elders. It helps explain America's persistent racial wealth gap.

Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., about what it was like passing the Inflation Reduction Act and what it means for Americans.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says African states shouldn't have to pick a side in great power rivalries, though the U.S. is competing with Russia and China for influence.

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza appears to be mostly holding as both sides assess what just happened in three days of fighting.

The three men found guilty in the death of Ahmaud Arbery received federal sentences. Two – Travis and Greg McMichael – received life sentences. The other – William "Roddie" Bryan – received 35 years.

California's program to house people in motels in order to get them off the street during COVID is ending. But it's unclear where the more than 6,000 people living in these facilities are headed.

An innovative educational program in the Washington, D.C., jail asks incarcerated people how to stop gun violence.

President Biden announced that the U.S. killed a top al-Qaida figure in Kabul. Aside from the political and foreign policy implications, experts say such speeches can reveal a lot more about a leader.

Concern is growing over damage to a Ukrainian nuclear facility seized by Russians in March, which is reportedly currently under bombardment. Ukraine is seeking an international mission to the plant.