The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission told Congress that rising drug costs helped push Medicare Part D spending up nearly 60 percent between 2007 and 2014. There are options to contain spending.
Since Trump secured the GOP nomination, he has done little to quell concerns of many Republicans. Maryland's and Ohio's GOP governors are now among those refusing to endorse him.
In his graduation speech, Jack Aiello, mimicking Bernie Sanders, said he had an improvement for the school cinnamon rolls: "We need to make them free. ... What we need is a cinnamon roll revolution."
The shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., has led to a new debate about gun rights and gun control. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler to explain some of the technical and legal terms used in the gun debate.
Mosquitoes are part of the summer camp experience, and camp directors say they'd be hard pressed to deploy CDC guidelines for avoiding Zika virus. But it may not be an issue this summer.
At the annual meeting of Southern Baptist churches, delegates affirmed a Christian duty to welcome refugees and called for an end to the display of the Confederate battle flag.
When Jason Amundsen told his wife he was quitting his job to raise pasture-raised eggs, she was less than amused. Readers, however, will chuckle at the story of their tragicomic path to success.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NPR White House correspondent Scott Horsley and Corey Ealons, former communications aide for President Obama, about their analysis of President Obama's speech from Orlando and charts the evolution of how Obama has talked about gun violence over his two terms.