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Janet Yellen says she'll step down from the Federal Reserve Board when her successor as chair is sworn in. Earlier this month, President Trump named Jerome Powell to be the next Fed chairman.

China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom are also tapping their emergency stocks. The goal is to try to bring down oil prices, which have been causing consumers pain at the pump.

NPR's Life Kit talks with psychologist Marisa Franco for tips on building friendships as an adult. Her new book is Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make — and Keep — Friends.

Following the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with media critic Margaret Sullivan about threats to journalists and journalism.

President Biden will make an in-person pitch to Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation — including changing Senate rules. Some Democrats, however, are opposed to ditching the filibuster.

Seasonal drivers with start at $21 per hour, with tractor-trailer drivers making as much as $35 per hour. Package handler starting wages can range from $15 – $21 per hour.

The 15-year-old athlete tested positive in December for trimetazidine, a drug typically prescribed to much older patients suffering from angina and other heart-related conditions.

A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term.

Foreign policy journalist Laura Rozen gives NPR's Scott Simon her assessment of the state of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

Hunt was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. Her career was disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.