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Despite the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Texas still has 6 million uninsured people, low Medicaid reimbursement rates and narrow choices of doctors and hospitals for many who are insured.

Pakistani teenager Saba was shot, then thrown into a river by her own family for eloping with a man her uncle didn't like. Her story is told in A Girl in the River.

Jewish men and women turning 52 Monday are also having their 13th leap year birthday, finally getting a chance to celebrate their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. NPR takes a look at how they are celebrating.

The cease-fire in Syria is mostly holding, and the United Nations hopes to get more aid to people under siege.

State regulators say opt-out plans don't include benefits required by state law. Also, the Department of Labor has begun looking at whether these plans in Oklahoma and Texas violate federal law.

Technological innovations like streaming are shifting how music gets released today — but artist exclusives are also changing the way fans process today's most popular tracks.

Set to open within a few weeks, the room will not be a place to inject drugs or get high, say health providers. Instead, a nurse will monitor heroin users as they come down from the drug's effects.

Hillary Clinton is taking aim at GOP presidential candidates. Renee Montagne talks to Patti Solis Doyle, Clinton's campaign manager in 2008, about what a win Tuesday night would mean for Clinton.

Competitive surfer Clyde Aikaur rode his final wave in "The Eddie" on Oahu's North Shore. The competition is named in honor of his brother — another legendary surfer who died nearly 40 years ago.

During his 340 days aboard the International Space Station, the astronaut documented his time there with hundreds of photos. Kelly says the perspective makes him feel like an environmentalist.