The Consumer Price Index was up 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier. Price increases peaked just above 9 percent last summer.

The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral contraceptive in the United States.

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Analysis: Donald Trump’s supporters backed him after an indictment in Manhattan. But a jury’s decision in a separate case may yet carry a political price.

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Asylum seekers are entering as Chicago changes mayors, its shelters are full and a pandemic-driven restriction at the southern border is expected to end.

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In Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, migrants are increasingly arriving on a freight train where many have fallen off and lost limbs or died.

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Using mRNA, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.

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The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized medicine.

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Kyiv said it had reclaimed about three square miles outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, which would be its first significant gains there in weeks.

After making little progress with Republican leaders on Tuesday, President Biden previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff.

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The city began moving hundreds of people out of “the Zone,” spread over several blocks downtown, but some homeless people worry about where they will go.

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Regarded historically as a moderating force in the country, the generals’ reputation has withered under attacks from the ousted prime minister, Imran Khan.

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