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Dollar Tree and Dollar General reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Harvard business professor Willy Shih about shopping during high inflation.

The U.S. dollar is appreciating in value against other currencies — an increase that comes with some benefits, but can also potentially be a drag on the economy.

The Bob's Burgers Movie, Jordan Peele's Nope, and Fire Island with Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are all on our critics' lists.

Many questions remain about some of the most basic facts of the mass shooting in Texas. Primarily, why law enforcement took so long to stop the shooter. Authorities have given contradictory accounts.

Betty Sandison, 84, this month earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She began in 1955, and then paused for family and work reasons. She reenrolled in 2018.

Fletcher assumed a low-profile in the group, but was a uniting figure and often the tiebreaking vote in the squabbles of his more famous bandmates.

The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And they rock.

Michael Sussmann faces one charge of lying to the FBI ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It's the first courtroom test for special counsel John Durham, appointed by the Trump administration.

The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has reignited the gun debate on Capitol Hill but it does not look like there's enough support to get new restrictions passed.

Texas has tightened security at schools considerably over the past four years. But the new protective measures came up short earlier this week in Uvalde.

Some parents in Uvalde, Texas, say children's lives could have been saved if police had confronted the gunman at Robb Elementary School more quickly.

According to official numbers, more than 100,000 people are testing positive for COVID-19 each day in the U.S., more than double the rate a month ago.