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Proposed federal rules would let employers penalize overweight or obese workers by making them pay more for health insurance. But having a high BMI doesn't mean you're not healthy.

Long-haul truck drivers are protesting new road fees they say will hurt their business. The drivers are part of the blue-collar workforce that normally gives President Putin his strongest support.

A total solar eclipse will make its way from Oregon to South Carolina. Millions are in the path of the eclipse, and millions more are head to locations where the total eclipse will be visible.

For the first time in 36 years, four American women — Madison Keys, Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens — are in the U.S. Open Semifinals. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to former pro tennis player and ESPN commentator Pamela Shriver about the significance of this open.

Texans are upset that the first plans for Trump's border wall show that it will rip through two nature preserves. The border patrol insists public access will be guaranteed.

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Congressman Will Hurd of Texas, a member of the House intelligence committee, about the latest on investigations into the Trump campaigns ties to Russia.

A series of acid attacks in London has highlighted a growing problem in Britain with this form of horrific violence. Two teenage boys were arrested Friday, accused of splashing acid into people's faces in five separate attacks Thursday night across northeast London.

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned even as preseason is underway. Some believe the league is blackballing him for taking a knee before games to protest police violence.

In the 1970s, the phrase "the Bronx is burning" became a shorthand for urban decay. Now, money is flowing in, but not without controversy.

At today’s City Club debate, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson portrayed Councilman Zack Reed as an amateur with no solutions, while Reed argued the mayor has failed to lead on numerous issues. Each accused the other of not putting forward a plan for the next four years, as the two sparred for an hour over the police consent decree, lead poisoning, schools, crime and development. Consent Decree