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New York City joined other localities this week in pledging to buy up and forgive residents' unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading around the country.

The songwriter, guitarist and singer grounded her seventh studio album in the beauty and brutality of real life.

The unwritten rules of rap unpacked in Louder's second season are held together by a scarcity principle that came to define the show itself. As it draws to a close, the team reflects on its mission.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to use hundreds of millions of dollars to build low-income housing and to equip new homes with solar panels and energy-efficient appliances.

In dropping his presidential bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he'd seek to remove his name from about 10 battleground state ballots, but an NPR review finds it is likely not possible in certain states.

In the moments before many Paris Olympic events get underway, someone comes out and taps a staff. The ritual, inspired by a French theatrical tradition, made its Olympics debut last week.

Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 12 people in Gaza, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb.

Diablo IV teems with demonic life and nearly endless possibilities. Is it enough to redeem Activision Blizzard in the eyes of their fans?

NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's first segregated asylum, where Black patients were forced into manual labor. Her new book is Madness.

Groups that connect elders and teens — both in real life and online — have a new sense of urgency in the loneliness epidemic.