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Central bank policymakers provided little guidance on the timing of a rate hike. They said slow growth in the first quarter it is likely transitory and that inflation is close to a goal of 2 percent.

State health officials are struggling to contain a measles outbreak that has sickened mostly Somali-American children. The vaccination rate is low in this tight community that's worried about autism.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Sharon Weston Broome, mayor of Baton Rouge, La., about the Justice Department's decision not to pursue criminal charges in the shooting of Alton Sterling.

The Drug Enforcement Administration wants to hire prosecutors "to hold accountable the people who are facilitating addiction." Advocacy groups worry the move would exceed the DEA's legal authority.

"They wanted their independence, they wanted a smaller government. I find that a lot in people, it's just that rebelliousness," Iowa resident Bruce Peterson said.

A Tokyo jewelry store is selling Darth Vader masks made of gold, costing $1.4 million each. But you can't wear it, it weighs 33 lbs. It's one way to mark the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars.

Graham Perrett, a member of Australia's Parliament, laughed so hard at an episode of the show Veep that he choked on his dinner, knocked his head and fell unconscious. But he said he woke up laughing.

Facebook, Google and Twitter have been accused in a new lawsuit of aiding terrorism. The suit was filed by family members of three of the victims in the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack.

The executive order will, in the words of the White House, "promote free speech and religious liberty." Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Tom Gjelten and Greg Baylor with the Alliance Defending Freedom.

"I thought that surely I'd misheard him," says Calvin Hennick, the white father of a mixed-race son, of his encounter with a fan in Boston. The man he reported has been banned from Fenway Park.