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The pre-Super Bowl week of hype — which ran the gamut from frivolous to ominous — finally ends and we can turn to what could be one of the closest, most exciting championship games ever.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Kiryn Lanning of the International Rescue Committee about the hundreds recently rescued in Nigeria from Boko Haram captivity.

At stake is control of the Washington state Senate, where the GOP holds a one-seat majority. It's currently the only Republican-held legislative chamber on the West Coast.

N.E.R.D. premiered the new album — featuring Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran and more — Saturday in Long Beach, California.

#LahuKaLagaan is the name of a new viral campaign. It means "the tax on blood." The goal is to get the government to end the tax on sanitary napkins.

The credit reporting agency said Chairman and CEO Richard Smith is retiring — just weeks after Equifax acknowledged that hackers had accessed the personal information of up to 143 million consumers.

Residents of Washington, D.C., and 15 states -- from Georgia to Michigan to New York -- are awaiting a massive, boisterous grand entrance. A group of cicadas that only emerges once every 17 years is making its way out of the ground -- by the billions, at least. NPR's Melissa Block headed out to suburban Maryland for a cicada preview.

The House has approved a spending bill to end a short-lived partial government shutdown. Now lawmakers will begin contentious negotiations over new guardrails for immigration enforcement.

The first-ever She The People forum is organized around questions from female voters of color, with 2020 presidential candidates being reminded what a big role they play in the Democratic Party.

The tariffs have been threatened for months — and are likely to lead to retaliatory measures. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the tariffs are based on national security concerns.