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Hospital deaths are more expensive and intrusive than deaths at home, in hospice care or even in nursing homes. Financial incentives favor more care, even when it's not always wanted.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with economics professor Alan Krueger of Princeton University about how people participate in the gig economy — particularly as Uber drivers — to supplement their incomes.

A theme park featuring a life-size Noah's Ark opens this week in Kentucky. Its creator calls it a "world-class attraction." Critics say it reinforces the state's anti-science image.

I've seen the pictures of his adorable grandchildren. I know his wife, the peerless Beverley Ervine, who was music here at Classical 101 for years. He has…

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Dr. Paul Offit, who serves on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory board, says he doesn't think an effective vaccine that's undergone adequate testing can be ready this year.

Even though the Delhi government has urged folks not to exercise outdoors, a "Race for Children" still took place. The Twittersphere was outraged.

In Western Pennsylvania, fair food vendors serve up the funnel cakes outside the fair grounds.

NPR's Noel King talks to Italian journalist Beppe Severgnini about how Italians, who are in quarantine to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, are coping.

An appeals court sided unanimously with environmental and indigenous groups in the decision; for construction to resume, the government must comply with court orders that could take years to satisfy.