Louise Schiavone

Local police say the area is well-staffed over the weekend, and they responded quickly, returning fire from an armed male suspect who was killed at the scene.

The FBI is involved and investigating as a possible terrorist incident.

The federal housing agency HUD wants new restrictions on rental aid.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports a proposal could impose work requirements and a time limit of just two years.

Energy analysts say fighting in the Middle East could mean higher prices for crude oil and gasoline, even as nations that are part of the OPEC Plus oil cartel announced today that they will boost production of crude oil.

It's now possible that oil-exporting nations will face restrictions in their ability to move oil out of the region.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

A federal judge has ordered the government to release a father and his five-year-old son who were taken into custody during the crackdown on immigration in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this month.

Judge Fred Beery condemned what he called a perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty.

Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more.

From Bill Gates to the former Prince Andrew to now President Donald Trump, other billionaires and world leaders, the latest batch of Epstein files includes new mentions about powerful people who were in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit.

NPR's Stephen Fowler has details.

Many parts of the U.S.

are seeing windchill temperatures in the single digits or even below.

NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports that windchill can be dangerous.

This is NPR News in Washington.

The Coast Guard today suspended a search for survivors from a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts with seven people aboard.

The 72-foot Lily Jean sent out an alert yesterday about 25 miles off Cape Ann.

The vessel had been heading home to port in Gloucester.