Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?
Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares.
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NCAA president urges for federal regulations on sports gambling
The president of the NCAA appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to express support for some federal regulations around sports gambling -- including a ban on a wager known as "prop bets" in college sports. -
Trump has promised to boost oil and gas exports. It could raise energy prices at home
A report warns that a major increase in U.S. natural gas exports may raise energy costs and worsen environmental impacts. That's at odds with the expected policy of the incoming Trump administration. -
Thousands of wheelchairs are damaged on flights every year. New federal rules could prevent that.
“You really can’t put a price tag on somebody’s independence and freedom to move,” one Massachusetts advocate said. -
HBO ends partnership with 'Sesame Street'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo, who directed "Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street". -
Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection
Critics argue that people planning to live through an atomic blast aren't focusing on the real and current dangers posed by nuclear threats. -
You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret
Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters. -
The bald eagle isn't actually America's national bird — but that's poised to change
After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in. This week the House passed his bill, which now heads to Biden's desk. -
Supreme Court agrees to review TikTok ban-or-sale law
The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.
