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Medicaid covers about two-thirds of nursing home residents across the U.S., and pays significantly less than other types of insurance, including Medicare.

Call it "precision waking" — the alleged ability to decide when you want to wake up and then doing so, without an alarm. If you think you can do it, you're not alone, though how is still mysterious.

People who default on their student loans could hear from a private debt collector. The government turns to collection agencies to get payments out of people who often don't work and can't have their wages or tax returns garnished.

After his split with President Trump, Elon Musk says he's forming a new political party, perhaps to compete for key congressional contests. It likely wouldn't be easy.

The union's strike against the Detroit Three continues, but the UAW's president says that GM has now committed for future battery plant workers to be covered by the same contract as other workers.

Beyond basic necessities, everything has a price in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marshall Project reporter Beth Schwartzapfel about the prison economy and how incarcerated people make money.

Long before playing the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Patrick was a house painter in Ohio. Then a near-death boating accident made him realize he needed to pursue his dreams.

Josh And Cassie Sutton hiked the trail along with their son Harvey, who earned the nickname "Little Man" from his fellow hikers. The Suttons covered the miles from Georgia to Maine in about 200 days.

The Marshall Project asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.

The lawsuit alleges that the streaming music service fails to properly compensate artists for the right to reproduce or distribute recordings. It's the latest in the ongoing debate over streaming.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Rutherford Falls season two, Magic Mike XXL, and more.

New details from the off-duty pilot's interactions with the flight crew are emerging from state and federal court papers that charge him with interfering during Sunday's flight.

Zynga, the company behind popular Facebook games such as Farmville and Cityville, is expected to have its initial public offering before the end of the year. Zynga is a phenomenon. More than 200 million people play its games each month. One person who doesn't feel Zynga's success is cause for celebration is video game designer Ian Bogost. Bogost thinks Zynga's games are mindless, designed to suck money out of players' pockets. To make his point he created a parody game of his own. As On the Media's P.J. Vogt reports, what Bogost didn't expect is that his satire would become one of the most popular games he's ever made.

P.F. Chang's is asking recently single people to text their breakup stories. They'll lend a listening ear, and they'll give you a free order of dump-lings.

From the legal "shock and awe" of Trump campaign officials' indictments by DOJ special counsel Robert Mueller to party divisions laid bare, what a week.

After more than $10 million of renovations, which include a new security screening facility and elevator, the Washington Monument reopens to tourists on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Education has announced it will automatically erase the remaining student loan debts of more than half a million borrowers who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges.

The emergence of more indie classical labels and self-produced, high-quality CDs is a reminder that American music is doing just fine. Hear a list of the year's best new classical recordings.

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Running all the way through Dallas is a 6,000-acre stretch of massive oaks, bubbling springs and broad meadows. But the river running through it has many of the issues faced by other urban waterways.

Schools in several Kentucky counties were closed on Monday as the search continued for Joseph Couch, 32, who authorities say is the suspect in the shooting that occurred Sunday on Interstate 75.

Rail workers in England, Wales and Scotland are on strike — demanding more pay and protesting planned job cuts. It's just one of many strikes Britain is likely to experience this summer.

Derek Chauvin now faces an additional charge of second-degree murder, and three other former Minneapolis police officers are accused of aiding and abetting murder.

The regulations, expected in the coming weeks, would require employers to pay such caregivers more. But many won't be able to comply because they rely on Medicare reimbursements, which won't change.

Clark County, Nevada, runs on the hospitality industry. How will a plan to eliminate income tax on tips affect workers decision on who to vote for, or whether to vote at all?