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About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.

High-end accommodations for pooches are thriving in one of the world's most unequal countries. They have their defenders and their critics. Who's barking up the right tree?

ROMEO stands for "retired older men eating out," and it's helping guys in one Maine town get out of the house and into more friendships.

American Alysa Liu won gold in the Olympic figure skating free skate. It's the first gold for an American woman in more than two decades.

On Tuesday, the New Hanover County school board rejected a proposal to move a planned teacher workday to accommodate potential staff absences due to a rally in Raleigh. Some board members said they were initially torn, but eventually the board voted with one dissenting vote.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Willy Vlautin about his new book "The Left and The Lucky" and focusing his writing on working class characters.

No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are in the Final Four for the second straight season, just the second time the same teams have reached the sport's final weekend in consecutive years.

Two days after VA nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents, we learn more about who he was from his friend.

Two weeks before a potential government shutdown, House Republicans unveiled legislation to fund the government through Nov. 21. Included in that proposal -- $30 million for additional security.

Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue.