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Dr. Billy Oley (left) talks with Dr. William George in the Beartooth Billings Clinic in Red Lodge, Mont. The hospital became part of the Billings Clinic system in exchange for help with its digital medical records.

Rural Hospitals Weigh Independence Against Need For Computer Help

Hospitals in out-of-the-way places are making trade-offs as they adopt electronic medical records. Some are joining larger health systems, while others are searching for ways to go it alone.

Gov. Snyder defends his record on statewide call-in program

Gov. Rick Snyder spent an hour fielding questions from Michiganders on Friday. The questions spanned a broad range of topics, including education, the…

Helen Mirren Extends Her Elizabethan Reign In 'The Audience'

Playwright Peter Morgan eavesdrops on more than 60 years of private conversations between Queen Elizabeth II, played by Mirren, and her prime ministers in The Audience.

Federal agents also scored big at NHL Winter Classic

This week’s big National Hockey League game at the Big House in Ann Arbor drew a big crowd.Federal officials announced today the game also drew a few…

Supporters of Pakistani politician Altaf Hussain hold photographs of him, at a sit-in in Karachi. The city, home to more than 20 million, has largely ground to a halt since his arrest this week in London. Hussain is the leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement, or MQM.

How One Man's Arrest In London Shut Down Pakistan's Megacity

Altaf Hussain has been running his powerful Pakistani political movement from self-imposed exile for 22 years. After he was arrested in London on Tuesday, Karachi came to a grinding halt.

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2015

Albums that we loved in 2015 swept us away, seduced us, reckoned with the politics that shape our moment or our nation and taught us something new about ourselves.

Michigan cities continue to lose population

Michigan cities continue to see their populations shrink.Where’s everyone going? Texas, it seems.The U.S. Census is out with new numbers today that show…

Jimi Hendrix's new album, <em>People, Hell and Angels</em>, comes out March 5.

First Listen: Jimi Hendrix, 'People, Hell And Angels'

These 12 previously unreleased recordings all shine a spotlight on Hendrix's considerable charisma, preserving the guitarist's work in amber while still polishing it up as good as new.

Scott Farm in Dummerston, Vt., grows 100 varieties of apples, including Hubbardston Nonesuch and Cortland, above. You can't perpetuate a variety of apple by planting it from seed: You have to collect cuttings and graft them to root stock.

Keeping Heirloom Apples Alive Is 'Like A Chain Letter' Over Many Centuries

Scott Farm in Vermont grows 100 apple varieties, some of them dating back to the 1700s. These apples may not look as pretty as the Red Delicious, but what they lack in looks they make up for in taste.

Supreme Court police stand guard during a storm in March.

If Supreme Court Strikes Federal Exchange Subsidies, Health Law Could Unravel

A decision against subsidies would undermine the government-run insurance marketplaces that are backbone of the Affordable Care Act.

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