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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's move could lead to providers seeking high payments before treatment, an economist warns. A health scholar says it could protect patients' financial futures.

The New York Liberty topped the Minnesota Lynx in overtime, to win the WNBA Finals three games to two. NPR's A Martinez talks to Jesse Washington of ESPN's Andscape about the game.

If passed, California Proposition 36 would enforce harsher penalties for certain crimes to address concerns about shoplifting and drug possession.

Kamala Harris has been appealing to non-MAGA Republicans. Donald Trump isn't softening his message. In an interview that aired on Fox News, he cast his ideological opponents as threats to the country.

The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, according to a sweeping federal civil rights investigation.

It was a week that saw not only more twists in the tariffs saga but also Trump's big Hill address, the suspension of aid to Ukraine, more firings at agencies, and more. NPR keeps track, day by day.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports how the college football playoffs are shaking out.

In an address to the nation, President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed the opposition-controlled parliament has been destroying the country's liberal democratic order.

Why is it that a list of young A-list stars contains so few Black actors?

Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County, Calif. in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to no protection from its harmful effects.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Dawn Porter. Her new documentary, "Luther: Never Too Much," tracks the life and music of the singing great Luther Vandross.