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Medicare Penalizes 758 Hospitals For Safety Incidents

More than half of the hospitals punished this year were also dinged in 2014. The government has used financial carrots and now sticks to improve the quality of care.

Cattle graze in a field near Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown, along with many health advocacy groups, has called the overuse of antibiotics "an urgent public health problem."

Antibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs

Producers of poultry, cattle and pigs continue to use more antibiotics, according to the latest government data. That's despite more pledges from food companies to sell meat raised without the drugs.

Ex-Felons Fight To Restore Their Right To Vote

Nearly 6 million former felons will not be able to cast ballots in next year's presidential election. Thousands are trying to change that by petitioning for clemency.

Costumed activists demonstrate near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Saturday during the the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

4 Pieces You Should Read About The Global Climate Deal

The international agreement to curb global warming is elaborate. These four pieces will give you a deeper understanding.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the latest challenge to the FCC's attempts to regulate Internet access.

5 Things To Know: Net Neutrality Is Back In Court

Once again, a federal court will decide whether the FCC can keep its Open Internet rules. This time, the challenge centers on the FCC's overhaul of how it regulates Internet providers.

Phila Hach (standing, center) and her husband, Adolf Hach, are seen here with Minnie Pearl (right) of Grand Ole Opry fame, and an unidentified woman. "What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one food writer wrote about Hach.

Phila Hach, Who Spread The Gospel Of Southern Cuisine, Dies At 89

"What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one writer says of Hach, host of the South's first TV cooking show and a cookbook author and caterer for world leaders.

The planned merger by Staples and Office Depot faces opposition from federal regulators, who say it would hurt competition for businesses buying office supplies.

FTC Sues To Block The Merger Of Office Depot And Staples

Regulators say the deal would hurt the market for office supplies sold to large corporations.

Ted Cruz visited NPR headquarters on Tuesday to talk with Steve Inskeep about his plans for protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks and his views on climate change.

Cruz Won't Criticize Trump But Offers His Own Plan To Bar Refugees

The Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate tells NPR's Steve Inskeep his plan to curb immigration of Middle Eastern refugees — and why he may disagree with but won't criticize Donald Trump.

Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said Donald Trump's "reckless, demagogic rhetoric" was an affront to religious freedom.

Citing Religious Liberty, Evangelical Leaders Blast Trump's Muslim Ban

"It is not in spite of our Gospel conviction, but precisely because of it, that we should stand for religious liberty for everyone," one evangelical leader said.

Specialist Thomas McArdle (left) works with traders at the post that handles Dow Chemical on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. If a proposed merger goes through, Dow's and DuPont's respective shareholders would own about half of the new entity.

DuPont And Dow Agree On Terms For Huge Merger

After the merger, the resulting behemoth would be split into what Dow's chairman and CEO, Andrew Liveris, calls "three powerful new companies." That is, if regulators sign off on the deal.

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