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Donald Trump ended weeks of speculation Friday by announcing his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. The announcement wasn't simple, though, coming in the wake of the mass killing in Nice, France.

Gasoline costs should start to fall soon, although a full recovery to pre-war prices is expected to take months. That's assuming that peace holds and traffic flows resume through the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Milan Vaishnav, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the ongoing protests across India.

Thanksgiving is next week and turkey prices are at record highs. There are multiple reasons for that.

States continued ballot counting on Wednesday. A critical one is Pennsylvania, where election officials say they can't predict when they will finish.

Douglas Kmiec, chair and professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and Jeffrey Rosen, professor at George Washington University Law School and legal affairs editor at The New Republic discuss what has happened so far in day two of the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

Huge explosions shook Gaza City as Israeli planes bombed three government buildings and the parliament on the sixth day of the Israeli offensive. On the diplomatic side, both Israel and Hamas are resisting international pressure to agree to a ceasefire. NPR's Mike Shuster talks with Steve Inskeep about the situation in Gaza.

With the threat of a government default looming, House leaders tried to take the upper hand in the standoff with a bill appealing to their most conservative members. They failed, resulting in chaos in the House and giving the initiative back to the Senate.

The results could end up dramatically expanding access to abortion, and influencing the presidential and congressional elections.

Renee Montagne talks to Stephanie Schriock, president of the pro-abortion rights political action committee EMILY's List, about the group's spending on political races this election.