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Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.

As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, is seen at BBC Broadcasting House for an interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on Oct. 23, 2022, in London.

Who is Keir Starmer? A look at Britain's next prime minister

Keir Starmer, 61, is a social liberal, fiscal moderate and leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, which won Thursday's election in a landslide.

On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN at a converted Jewish country club in Atlanta.

'A trailblazer, a rabble-rouser, a do-gooder': CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.

Brady Tkachuk, right, celebrates with his brother Matthew, left, after scoring a goal in an Olympic match between the U.S. and Latvia during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

They have their haters back home. But at the Olympics, the Tkachuk brothers are stars

The NHL stars Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are elite at getting under their opponents' skin. But at the Olympics, where they are crucial to Team USA's hockey hopes, fans are pressing pause on the hate.

More than one-third of 2026 World Cup matches are at high risk for dangerously hot, humid conditions, NPR found. In June 2024, assistant referee Humberto Panjoj fainted during a Copa América professional soccer match in Kansas City, Kan., which is near Kansas City, Mo., one of the host cities for this summer's tournament.

These World Cup games are most at risk for dangerously hot weather

Dangerously hot, humid weather is likely at many of the 2026 World Cup soccer venues. We crunched the numbers to see which matches are most at risk.

Treasure Thoreson, one of a group of protesters charged with conspiracy recently, poses for a portrait at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on Aug. 2.

She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door

The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.

Two refugee children who show the symptoms of <em>uppgivenhetssyndrom</em>, or resignation syndrome.

Oscar-Nommed Film Looks At 'Resignation Syndrome.' What Exactly Is It?

Life Overtakes Me, a short documentary, is about refugee children who fall into a comalike state. We interviewed the author of a New Yorker article about this condition.

The not-for-profit health advocacy group The Fishing Partnership says it hopes, eventually, to make the drug naloxone a staple in every ship’s medical kit. (Courtesy David Hill via The Fishing Partnership)

To Combat Overdose Deaths At Sea, Fishermen Look To Reversal Drug Narcan

The health advocacy group The Fishing Partnership says it hopes to eventually make the drug a staple in every ship's medical kit.

Do The Democrats Believe They Have A Real Shot At Defeating Chabot?

Does the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) seriously think that Republican incumbent Steve Chabot is vulnerable next year in southwest...

Woman At The Center Of Iconic 1940s Painting Inspires A Novel

The Andrew Wyeth painting "Christina’s World" depicts a woman in a pink house dress stretched out in a field, turned toward a house in the distance.

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