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Wire hangers have become more expensive since the government set import tariffs on cheaper hangers from China. Dry cleaning operators nationwide are asking customers to return their hangers to help keep costs down.

When commentator Gigi Douban was taking her kids to school on a recent morning, a man in a white truck stopped beside her. He was listening to sermons in Arabic and she immediately thought "truck bomb." Douban, who is of Egyptian descent, says her mother listened to similar sermons on a tape player all the time.

Bamboo is now being used to make everything from bicycles to bathroom tissue. Now there's a movement afoot to begin growing the crop on a wide-scale basis in Alabama.

A new provision in the Americans with Disabilities Act requires pools that are open to the public to add the lifts. They were supposed to be installed by May, but the Justice Department has moved the deadline to January. While some pools continue to fight the order, this could be the last extension.

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Hanger of the International Committee of the Red Cross about efforts to escort civilians out of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

The United States continues to send weapons and machinery to Ukraine to help in its war against Russia. The increase in shipments includes much needed howitzers from a U.S. base in Delaware.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by half a percentage point, as it escalates its fight against inflation.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of the U.S. Transportation Command, about the massive task of shipping weapons to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia.

Caught in controversy, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales faces a tough primary challenge as his voters weigh whether to back him again in Tuesday's primary.