Opinion: Who are the real winners in the NFL?
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on football coach Sean Payton's new contract with the Denver Broncos as well as NFL player safety ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl game.
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Republicans say they won't cut Social Security. So why does it keep coming up?
Republicans committed publicly at the State of the Union not to cut Social Security or Medicare. But it remains the party's third rail amid talks over the debt ceiling.
ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors
Increasingly, private equity firms shape staffing decisions at hospital emergency rooms, research shows. One apparent effect: Hiring fewer doctors and more health care practitioners who earn far less.
The IRS now says most state relief checks last year are not subject to federal taxes
A week after telling payment recipients to delay filing returns, the agency won't challenge the taxability of payments related to general welfare and disaster.
'The Last Of Us' made us wonder: Could a deadly fungus really cause a pandemic?
In the hit HBO show, the world has been devastated by a pandemic caused by a deadly fungus. Is that even possible? Could the next pandemic come from fungi? Turns out it's a very real question.
Sen. John Fetterman is discharged from the hospital and will return to work Monday
Tests ruled out a stroke and found no evidence of a seizure. Fetterman went to the hospital after feeling lightheaded at a Senate Democratic retreat.
Biden and Brazil's Lula find common ground against violent extremism
It was just over a month ago that hundreds of extremist supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the capital and ransacked the Congress, Supreme Court and the presidential offices.
The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska. The government doesn't know yet what it was
The incident comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. This new object was smaller and lower, and it's not clear where it came from.
After Martha's Vineyard, lawmakers give DeSantis $10 million more to move migrants
As Florida dedicates more money to transport migrants from other states, advocates say there isn't enough oversight to make sure transport is done legally and that migrants are relocated voluntarily.
One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home
At many U.S. hospitals, children and teens are stuck in the emergency department for days or weeks because psychiatric beds are full. Massachussets has a simple, yet promising solution.