Shea Stevens

Archaeologists in Britain say they found the earliest evidence of humans making fire.

As NPR's Neat Rot reports, the findings suggest that humans started making fires 350,000 years earlier than previously thought.

South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating an illegal delivery at Lee Correctional Institution.

A package containing steak, crab legs, cigarettes, and weed was delivered by a drone to the prison yard.

Flying a drone near a prison is a misdemeanor in South Carolina with a penalty up to 30 days in jail.

But dropping illegal substances into a state prison is a felony, and that's punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens.

President Trump says Democrats keep talking about affordability in an attempt to embarrass him.

Trump told a Pennsylvania rally late Tuesday that U.S.

consumer prices are already coming down thanks to his tariffs.

Trump also says Pennsylvania steel workers will benefit from the acquisition of U.S.

steel by Japan-based Nippon.

He says polls showing Americans still concerned about inflation are fake.

Farmers say they're encouraged by the president's $12 billion aid package meant to help them cope with losses during his trade war with China.

As NPR's Kirk Sigler reports, it's not clear whether the one-time windfall will be enough to prevent many farmer bankruptcies and foreclosures.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still deciding whether to release the full video of a second attack on a boat off Venezuela.

Two men who survived the first U.S.

attack were killed while clinging to the wreckage.

President Trump says it's up to Hegseth to decide if the images will be shown to the public.