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Democrats say that raising the federal minimum wage will be a priority when they take control of Congress. Would such a measure help low-wage workers or lead to layoffs? Florida, which raised its minimum wage two years ago, provides some clues.

Displaced Yemenis talk about the long and difficult escape from Yemen's civil war, which has led some to the nearby country of Djibouti on the Horn of Africa.

Storm surge and unusually high tides left some properties along the coast flooded with several feet of water. Residents are cleaning up the damage and bracing for a financial hit.

Jason Musgrove has been in agony for more than a week. He's had no contact from his 69-year-old mother, who has mobility issues. She was last seen escorted out of her apartment building on Aug. 8.

It is estimated that two million children under the age of 15 live with HIV and most of them are in Sub-Saharan Africa. On World AIDS Day, Pamela Barnes, President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, talks about the challenges facing children and parents with HIV.

Republican senators are warming to the idea of a scaled-back plan that would delete the Affordable Care Act's individual and employer mandates but leave much of the law intact.

Families with income that varies from month to month can find it hard to maintain enrollment in Texas' Medicaid program. The question is whether the program trims waste or creates more red tape.

Biographer Marc Fisher says Donald Trump has lived a "strikingly solitary life given how public he is." Fisher and his Washington Post colleague Michael Kranish are the authors of Trump Revealed.

June O'Neill says the national debt would grow and the elderly on Medicare would suffer, but her successors at the Congressional Budget Office disagree.

The federal government has sharply cut funding to groups that help people enroll in health plans. But the groups say federal officials don't understand how much help and follow-up some people need.

Though it may sound like an oxymoron, "automating empathy" is becoming a catchphrase in health care. The goal is to help doctors engage with patients cheaply and with minimal effort. Does it work?

For her new book, Gran Cocina Latina, chef Maricel Presilla visited homes and restaurants across Latin America to document their food. But one dish familiar to Americans, the sauce often served with Cuban-style yuca fries, has a surprising origin — Presilla herself.

NPR's history podcast Throughline looks at how the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota avoided the fate of most U.S. reservations. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa still owns all the reservation land.

In a new book, the CNN anchor tells the story of Combat Outpost Keating. The ill-fated American military base was in a remote Afghan valley, and on Oct. 3, 2009, it became the site of one of the deadliest attacks against U.S. troops in the history of the war in Afghanistan.

Walk through the PFAS drinking water testing process and learn what the first round of results mean.

One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.

Inflation, a weak economy and declining numbers of club-goers all challenge the clubs' viability. Club owners are seeking protected status, similar to what Berlin's opera companies enjoy.

Is banning sugar from your home to chronicle the effects on your family a gimmick veiled in a health halo? Actually, there's a lot to learn from a memoir of obsessive label-reading and weird baking.

Eagle lovers got one of their favorite websites back on Friday when the cameras at the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam returned online after a summer hiatus.

We also discuss the phenomenon of symptom-free cases — how many are there, do we know how much of a role they play in spreading the virus?

While carbon dioxide streams into the atmosphere from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world, one man is building a machine to suck it back out. And some heavy-hitting investors are betting that it's going to work.

While carbon dioxide streams into the atmosphere from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world, one man is building a machine to suck it back out. And some heavy-hitting investors are betting that it's going to work.

President Biden and former President Donald Trump are still very close in polling on the 2024 presidential election. But below the surface, some key demographic groups appear to be shifting loyalty.

Albini led the abrasive underground rock bands Big Black and Shellac and recorded — by his own estimate — thousands of albums, including classics like Nirvana's In Utero and the Pixies' Surfer Rosa.

The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.