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A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

In her first broadcast interview in decades, novelist Anne Tyler introduces us to her new book, The Beginner's Goodbye; her Baltimore; and her definition of heaven.

The freshman New York Republican is facing nearly two dozen federal charges related to alleged financial misdeeds, many of which have been corroborated in a report compiled by House lawmakers.

Through all the pain and redemption, "Johnny Cash was a good man," author Robert Hilburn tells NPR's David Greene. Hilburn's new biography of the late country singer is titled Johnny Cash: The Life.

ODOT officials urged drivers to be safe around road construction. In the lead up to the event, there had already been 43 crashes involving drivers and construction crews this year. As officials spoke, that number rose to 44.

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.

The federal probation office in St. Louis has one of the biggest caseloads of violent offenders in the country — and one of the lowest recidivism rates. That's in part because of a former felon who knows how to keep ex-offenders from returning to prison.

One of the first places shoppers may feel the effects of the dockworkers' strike is in the produce aisle. Hundreds of tons of bananas are stuck in transit — and they won't keep for long.

County boards of elections in Ohio are experiencing heavy early in-person voter turnout as the 2024 campaign enters the final weekend before election day.

Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.