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Opioid overdose deaths are more common in the eastern United States. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with journalist Beth Macy about this geographic disparity.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with aviation consultant Richard Aboulafia, about the latest details emerging from Indonesia's Lion Air crash investigation.

This year Democrats took seven Republican gubernatorial seats and claimed six new state trifectas. The party is chipping away at gains made by Republicans in the last 10 years.

Critic Justin Chang says the immaculate staging of Alfonso Cuarón's new film is both an asset and a liability: "There's something curiously showy about the unshowiness of Roma."

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed senators on the investigation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing by Saudis and the conflict in Yemen.

Harvard University researchers probed the way ADHD is assessed by taking advantage of a quirk found in many U.S. school systems that means some kids are a year younger their classmates.

The Trump administration wants Central American migrants to stay in Mexico while asylum claims are processed. But human rights groups believe that could pose dangers for Central American migrants.

Do recessions have to happen? Is it possible for a country to just not have economic downturns? Australia has gone nearly 30 years without a recession. So what can we learn from it?

Three weeks after the Camp Fire, thousands of people who lost their homes are still living in shelters or staying with friends and relatives. People are growing frustrated with FEMA.

Life expectancy rates in the U.S. are falling. Ted Matthews, a psychologist with Minnesota's Department of Agriculture discusses the stresses on farmers.