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The Labor Department reports Tuesday on consumer prices for January. Inflation looks better when compared to prices from a year ago. But looking at prices from a month ago, it is less encouraging.

The Labor Department reports Tuesday on consumer prices for January. Inflation looks better when compared to prices from a year ago. But looking at prices from a month ago, it is less encouraging.

The Fed was watching closely Tuesday when the new report card on inflation was released. The Fed's efforts to combat inflation have been complicated by recent stresses in the banking industry.

Nearly a month since the earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, thousands of displaced people are being moved into container housing — where they might be for a year or more.

His death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has sparked outrage and led to second-degree murder charges against 10 defendants.

Saturday marked one of the first days of early voting in Georgia in a run-off election to decide who will win its Senate seat: current Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock or Republican Herschel Walker.

Several others were injured by the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, officials said. The cause of the blast about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia remains under investigation.

New consumer prices data for March show that inflation has fallen from a four-decade high last summer, but prices are still climbing faster than the Federal Reserve would like.

The Hong Kong-born vocalist and songwriter became the first person of Chinese descent to perform at the Oscars with a nominated song from the popular martial arts film.

With summer temperatures hovering around 100 degrees Fahrenheit, residents of Lahore, Pakistan, visit a winter-themed park to cool off. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on Aug. 6, 2023.)