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Kevin O'Connor cited doctor-patient confidentiality and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in deciding not to answer questions from Republicans on the House Oversight Committee.

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved a guaranteed income pilot program.

A nationwide strike is stopping trash collection for some residents in the Bay Area.

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The most recent Texas Legislature handed Elon Musk or his companies' representatives and lobbyists some big political wins, including 10 new laws that could benefit his growing business footprint.

Republicans made concessions for Alaska to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski to cast the deciding vote approving the GOP's sweeping tax and spending bill. Do her constituents think she got a good deal?

President Trump indicated that he may send an additional Patriot missile system to help Ukraine defend against the continuing barrage of Russian drones and missiles.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer and critic Lawrence Burney about his new essay collection out titled No Sense in Wishing.

In the aftermath of the deadly floods, Texas lawmakers are reassessing a bill they killed weeks ago to beef up emergency alert systems and vowing to have more in place by the next camping season.

In the aftermath of catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas, a fleet of volunteers is working to make sure people in the area have access to a hot meal.

The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran has raised questions about who — or what — could replace Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when he dies.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.