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In recent years, the demands on the NEDA helpline, and the humans who ran it, escalated. The organization says it was unsustainable. But some have worries about new plans for an online chatbot.

The House is on the verge of the first major vote to approve legislation to lift the debt limit. a catastrophic financial default could become a reality if Congress doesn't pass the bill by Monday.

A federal rule prevented states from dropping participants from Medicaid during the pandemic. But now states must determine eligibility for all who are enrolled.

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

In springtime, a wildlife refuge in northern Vermont is a paradise of migratory birds where you can paddle through flooded maple forests.

In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kara Trainor, whose son was born dependent on opioids because of her addiction, about what the Purdue Pharma settlement could mean for her and her family.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, CEO of Pearl Abyss America, about South Korean video games pushing for the international markets.

A nationwide lifeguard shortage has pools cutting back hours or closing. At one metro Denver recreation center, senior citizens are stepping up by training to keep swimmers safe.

NASA held a meeting of its panel devoted to studying unidentified anomalous phenomena. Government officials are hopeful it can bring a scientific approach to understanding these mysterious objects.