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Next month, South Dakotans will decide whether to expand Medicaid to 42,500 state residents. Democratic candidates elsewhere are making it a part of their pitch to flip GOP-held governors' offices.

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter died Monday at age 68. He was known for opening ground combat jobs to women and pushing the Pentagon to spend more money on technology.

Conflict in Tigray has led to a collapse of its public health system. Physicians are having to reuse gloves, use expired medications and deny patients care because of lack of resources and power.

In 2024, Romania, an upper middle income European country, had over 30,000 cases — putting it on the world's top ten measles list. Its vaccination rate hovers around 60%. How did this happen?

Death is hard to talk about. But death doula Alua Arthur says if we want to live presently and die peacefully, we have to radically reshape our relationship with death.

The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.

The Navy has lost its most high profile cases recently, including the arson case involving the USS Bonhomme Richard. Advocates say the verdict shows military justice is ripe for reform.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer, podcaster and TV Host Kelly Corrigan about her essay on how applying for college provides an opportunity for growth.

A Moscow appeals court upheld American basketball player Brittney Griner's 9-year sentence on drug smuggling charges.

Five states will vote on ballot measures to amend their constitutions to eradicate slavery under any terms. Some sheriffs in Oregon are worried such measures would make prison work programs illegal.