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A new rule expands protection for health care workers who refuse to provide certain care on moral grounds. The rule cites a sudden rise in religious discrimination complaints. What's fueling the rise?

The rule was intended to protect health care workers who refuse to assist in procedures like abortion because of religious or moral beliefs. Plaintiffs argue the rule could put patient safety at risk.

Doctors and nurses are often barred from turning to FDA-approved medications that research shows to be the most effective way to quit. Critics of that policy say stigma is undermining best practice

It was a tough week for the agency in charge of implementing Trump's ambitious plans to reduce drug costs. The administration rolled back one plan and had another shot down in court.

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to end Obama-era rules protecting transgender people from discrimination in health care.

Barring a last-minute deal, United Airlines is expected to ask a bankruptcy court judge in Chicago to begin the process of terminating labor contracts with its unions. The move could save the airline more than $1 billion. NPR'S David Schaper reports.

Talking Heads' 1980 song pays homage to early rap techniques and The Velvet Underground.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem that two Israelis were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in terrorist attacks today. The resurgent violence came hard on the heels of another setback in the Middle East peace process. A planned Israeli-Palestinian summit was called off amid Palestinian criticism of the latest American proposals.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark about today's White House meeting between President Clinton and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat is seeking clarifications about the latest U.S. peace proposals. One of the Palestinian leader's advisors says today's meeting could be decisive for the future of the peace process.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with two former White House executives on the difficulties and challenges of moving a new administration into the White House. Former Press Secretary Dee Dee Meyers and former Presidentital Personnel Director Chase Untermeyer say the process can be a logistical nightmare.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports it has been exactly one year since the Governor of Illinois declared a halt to executions and imposed the country's first moratorium on capital punishment. Since that time, several states have commissioned reviews of the death penalty process and are considering moratoriums as well.

A group of Florida State University researchers received a $3 million grant through the National Institutes of Health.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports President Clinton didn't follow the usual procedures in some of his last minute pardons, annoying some prosecutors. The official process includes background checks on whether individuals have committed any crimes since the one for which they were pardoned. Also, the FBI doesn't know enough about some people who were pardoned to know if their cases are current, and is reviewing them to see if any active prosecutions should now be closed.

NPR's Tom Gjelten concludes a five-part series on President Clinton's foreign policy record, with a report on the Clinton Middle East legacy. The administration's record on Iraq and Iran has been disappointing. And though Mr. Clinton made the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians a central priority of his administration, violence between Israelis and Palestinians has worsened.

Texas is the latest state to prohibit transgender youth from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports both Israel and the Palestinians have given President Clinton a qualified endorsement of his Middle East peace proposals, but both sides still have reservations. White House officials are calling it a step forward, but they add it is far from certain that an agreement can be reached before he leaves office.

A Biden administration review could curtail copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota — an area known for its pristine nature.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Bogota that Colombia's President Andres Pastrana is under increasing pressure to bring the rebel group known as FARC back to the negotiating table. Pastrana was elected in 1998 largely on the basis of his daring meeting with the FARC commander, but over the past two years, the peace process has stalled and the public is getting impatient. {The FARC commander has agreed to meet face-to-face with Pastrana this Thursday, but under certain pre-conditions. One is that the government crack down on right-wing paramilitary groups that routinely kill anyone suspected of being a rebel sympathizer.}

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's vice president for cultural programming, Murray Horwitz, and producer Elizabeth Blair about the process of creating the NPR 100 -- a list of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. They discuss some great songs that didn't make the cut.

Secretaries of state from around the U.S. have been meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss election reform. NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the move to improve the election process in the hopes of avoiding another Florida situation.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the changing of administrations in the U.S. and Israel leaves the peace process on uncertain footing.

It can be hard enough finding a doctor who prescribes buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction. But patients also report difficulty with pharmacies that refuse to stock the drug.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has issued an ultimatum to Yasser Arafat: bring an end to violence in the next two days or the peace process will be dead. But in New York, the U.N. Security Council is stalled over a resolution condemning Israel for provoking the riots of the past week, and using excessive force. From Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks to host Jacki Lyden with the latest.

In an NPR interview, the former president and the iconic musician speak about spreading hope amid widespread division and about the "critical patriotism" of Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports there were sporadic incidents of violence in the West Bank and Gaza today. Two teenage Palestinians were killed. But the level of violence has clearly dropped, and diplomatic efforts are intensifying to revive the peace process.