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The state partnered with a nonprofit to wipe out the debts. It also has a plan in place to prevent medical debt for people in specific income brackets.

Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright restrictions.

Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the U.S. Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and limiting public participation in a project in southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest.

Gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors and participating on sports teams that align with trans athletes’ gender identity are currently prohibited in Missouri. Those bans are set to expire in 2027, unless the state legislature opts to extend them indefinitely.

Dozens of people impacted by alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to mammalian products, such as red meat and dairy, rallied at the Missouri capital Tuesday.

President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, following a buildup of international tension over the president's push to control Greenland. Watch the speech live.

The U.S. president is set to meet with an array of leaders to discuss Greenland. Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.

ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.

At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.

The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French "cravate") back to the battlefields of 17th century Europe.

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.