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Evidence shows dominant insurers hold down hospital prices. Big insurers seeking to get bigger want to take that idea to the extreme. Hospitals and doctors object.

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday that 500 more agents will be sent to the border with Mexico to fight the country's drug cartels and prevent violence from spilling over to the U.S. Some lawmakers have called for stronger government intervention along the border.

President Trump recently embraced kei cars, tiny vehicles that are popular in Asia but hard to get in the U.S. Kei car enthusiasts are delighted — but doubt whether much will change.

In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.

A new NPR poll shows where things stand after Biden's bad debate. Many Palestinian residents in Gaza were just returning to find their homes gone.

From composers and conductors to instrumentalists, singers and critics, the classical music world said goodbye to many masterful musicians last year.

Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question.

Travel and Leisure magazine readers were asked to rank residents of 35 cities on their sartorial splendor. Folks in Anchorage fared worst.

Idaho's sparse population and mountainous terrain contribute to the states' network sluggishness, but bears might also be to blame.

What were YOU were doing Saturday, November 12th? You might have been staring at your radio, trying to figure out why you were hearing dead air instead of…