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Melissa Rodriguez struggled to create a stable life at home for her son in the late 1990s. Today, he's a teenager and together, they've faced many challenges.

Teenage Diaries Revisited: Mother And Son Listen To The Past

In 1996, after 12 years living in the foster care system, Melissa Rodriguez recorded a diary about getting pregnant and becoming a mother. Now, her son Issaiah is a teenager, and she shares her teenage diary with him and reveals things about her past that she's never mentioned.

Flock surveillance camera on High Street

Columbus City Council to introduce legislation focusing on Flock cameras

A member of city council has announced plans to establish safeguards governing the automated license plate camera surveillance technology.

The U.S. Men's National Team poses during the announcement of the 2026 World Cup roster in New York last month.

Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team

The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.

ESPN's Howard Bryant Covers The Bases On This Week's MLB Playoffs

The baseball playoffs are underway. Who's winning, who's losing? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the Friday and Saturday's games.

New Jersey has been distributing baby boxes — cardboard containers that double as cribs or bassinets — to new parents since January. Maisha Watson is currently living in a motel outside Atlantic City, N.J., with her infant son, Solomon Murphy. With no room for a crib, Solomon sleeps in the baby box.

New mom Maisha Watson uses one of the 20,000 cardboard boxes given out so far in New Jersey. She's glad to have a safe spot for her son to sleep. But some question the boxes' safety and effectiveness.

Jason Early has been getting dialysis for the past 18 months after his kidneys failed following complications with Type 1 diabetes.

Texas Judge Upends Effort To Limit Charity Funding For Kidney Care

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing a rule allowing insurers to refuse to insure dialysis patients who get financial assistance from charity groups.

Liz Treston received thousands of dollars from FEMA and the Small Business Administration after Superstorm Sandy destroyed her basement. Two years later, FEMA demanded more than $4,000 of that money back.

For Some Superstorm Sandy Victims, The Government Wants Its Money Back

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is demanding that more than 3,600 people pay back almost $24 million in disaster grants they were given years ago in error.

MIchael Marquesen, executive director of the Los Angeles Community Health Project, helps run a needle exchange program out of a white van in the SKid Row neighborhood every Monday morning.

California To Drug Users: We'll Pay To Test Your Dope

Michael Marquesen first noticed about a year ago that fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid, had hit the streets of Los Angeles. People suddenly...

Cost, procrastination and a lack of insurance coverage are just a few of the reasons adults give health care providers for not getting vaccinated against shingles and other illnesses.

Shingles Is Nasty, And The New Vaccine Works Well. Why Do Adults Avoid Shots?

Beyond annual flu shots, older adults need protection against shingles, pneumonia, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, federal health officials say. But many aren't getting vaccinated.

President Obama salutes prior to boarding Air Force One last Friday. The president entered office saying he would end the U.S. role in the Iraq and Afghan wars. But U.S. forces were sent back to Iraq last year and he announced Thursday that 5,500 American troops would remain in Afghanistan beyond their previously planned departure at the end of 2016.

Pledging To End Two Wars, Obama Finds Himself Entangled In Three

The president wanted to bring home all U.S. troops during his tenure. But it now looks like U.S. forces will be fighting — on a limited basis — in a trio of wars when he leaves the White House.

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