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As news outlets contract and falsehoods circulate online, researchers want to know if trusted community messengers can help link people to quality information.

Pope Francis welcomed the LGBT community into the Catholic Church. What will his successor mean for the community?

New economic research shows Americans are no longer as likely to make more than their parents did at the same age. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to New York Times columnist David Leonhardt about what he calls the "Index of the American Dream."

Investors are still hopeful that lawmakers will clinch a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. That's because failure to do so could have devastating consequences in markets.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Alice McDermott about her new novel, The Ninth Hour. It starts with a suicide and then reveals how the kindness of faithful strangers can steer people's lives.

Community members are adamant about fighting to preserve the rainbow crosswalk despite a removal threat from Governor Greg Abbott. However, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, the city’s first lesbian mayor, does not appear to be supportive in keeping it — at the risk of losing funding from the state.

Known for their energy and bombast, Donald Trump's rally speeches have become increasingly erratic. The former president is visibly tired amid a whirlwind schedule in the final days of the campaign.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ralph Basham, the director of the Secret Service during the George W. Bush administration, about Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle's decision to resign.

NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.