Wayne Rogers, Trapper John On 'M.A.S.H.', Dies At 82
For three seasons on the CBS hit TV show, Rogers played an Army surgeon alongside Alan Alda's character, Hawkeye Pierce.
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When The Closest Thing To Home Was A Hospital Bed
They moved to Seattle in search of a better life for their two kids. Instead, they found hospital time, medical bills and 14 months of homelessness. But they made it home eventually — together.
Like Night And Day: How Two States' Utilities Approach Solar
As homeowners embrace solar, utilities are making less money, and that's shaking up their business model. Companies in California and Georgia are handling the growth in dramatically different ways.
Maryland Startup Redirects River Of Rejected Gifts
Returns of toys and gadgets add up to more than $260 billion every year. Optoro, a startup in Maryland, tries to reduce the cost to retailers, and the cost to the environment.
In 2016, States Expected To Ramp Up Ideas To Solve Opiate Abuse
Addiction will be on the agenda for a lot of state legislatures in the coming year. Overdose deaths related to abuse of prescription opioids and heroin are setting records across the country.
Calif. Employers Must Comply With New Fair Pay Law
The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, aims to close the wage gap between men and women by requiring employers to pay both genders the same when they do "substantially similar" work.
A Physicist Dreams Of Catching Dark Matter In The Act
Hold out your hand for a century, and 100 million particles of dark matter will pass through each second without leaving a trace. Still, a physicist in South Dakota thinks he may be able to catch one.
6 Education Stories To Watch In 2016
NPR's senior education correspondent offers his predictions for the big stories in K-12 and higher education.
WATCH LIVE: New Year's Eve Celebrations in Times Square
Here's a lives tream of New Year's Eve revelers counting down the end of 2015 in New York's Times Square.
Hillary Clinton Emails: 'I Only Know What I Hear On NPR' And Car Ride Flowcharts
The year-end release of correspondence from Clinton's time at the State Department falls short of the court-ordered requirements. 275 of the new emails have been retroactively classified.