In 2024, the State of Missouri extended Medicaid coverage to doulas for up to 12-months postpartum. We hear about the work doulas do, and how critical that postpartum period is in this episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks.
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The Gardens recently announced a significant federal grant and a project in partnership with nonprofits in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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At issue was the 2017 arrest in Texas of a journalist who published news stories about a border agent's public suicide and a car crash.
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Voice of America staffers are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging she put pro-Trump propaganda on its airwaves. She has lost numerous rulings of late.
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A pilot and co-pilot were killed after a collision at New York's LaGuardia Airport. An Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway after landing late Sunday night.
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Congress faces a series of thorny problems when they return to session this week, including the ongoing partial government shutdown that has disrupted travel at U.S. airports.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California about ICE officers deploying to airports and a Republican bill to overhaul federal elections.
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Trump said the U.S. will postpone any strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, even as Israel continued hitting Tehran and Iran warned it could retaliate across the Gulf.
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Big food companies are starting to market to people on the powerful new obesity meds with labels that say "GLP-1 Friendly." Nutritionists help us decode that message.
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Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.
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The number of older drivers on the road is climbing. Safety advocates want tougher rules for relicensing, but many drivers say they shouldn't be forced to give up their mobility because of age alone.
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Their answer depends on how soon you need to tap into your funds — and it might simply be "do nothing."
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The renowned trees along Washington, D.C's Tidal Basin were sent as a gift from Japan in 1912. Some of the original trees are still there.
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An Air Canada regional jet hit a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia on Sunday night, killing both pilots. At least nine people are hospitalized, and the airport is closed Monday morning.
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Trump says Iran has 48 hours to reopen Strait of Hormuz as Iran responds with its own threat, Congress faces a long list of issues as it returns to session, ICE to deploy to U.S. airports Monday.