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The Affordable Care Act has produced a surge in the number of people signing up for Medicaid. The ACA offers billions of federal dollars to states to expand Medicaid coverage for the poor. But only 25 states have accepted the federal government's offer, and those that haven't could face economic and budget losses.

For more than a century, California's Native American tribes were largely banned from doing traditional burning of the landscape. Now, they're restoring that practice to help prevent fires.

As inflation climbs, Americans could get their biggest raises in over a decade. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Chief Economist for the Conference Board Dana Peterson about what's driving the increases.

The Israeli military says the body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old special forces policeman killed while fighting Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has been found.

After repeated Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid, Ukrainians face long outages during a cold winter at war. On social media, Ukrainians share tips for keeping warm at home.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with PolitiFact Chief Correspondent Louis Jacobson in order to fact-check television ads released by the Harris and Trump campaigns.

Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice.

Photographer Geloy Concepcion asked his Instagram followers to share "things you wanted to say but never did." Thousands of responses came in, touching on themes of love, fear, loneliness and grief.

We share some music picks for spring, including new releases from the band The Mars Volta and the flamenco duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."