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A voucher awarded to a company that finds a treatment for a rare childhood disease can be sold to the highest bidder and then used to fast-track the review of another drug. Are the prizes worth it?

Gov. Chris Christie says 108 people were injured after a train approached Hoboken Terminal at a high speed and crashed into the platform. The roof of the New Jersey station has partially collapsed.

The temporary government funding bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. House and Senate includes $1.1 billion to help combat the Zika virus.

Steven Price's hefty new novel stars William Pinkerton, whose father founded the famous detective agency that bears his name, plus a colorful cast of Victorian ne'er-do-wells. And a severed head.

Lloyd's journey to success was long and hard-fought. In her new memoir, she describes how she nearly quit playing soccer and reveals painful details about her strained relationship with her parents.

Sorting through the fact and fiction swirling around Florida’s medical marijuana debate.

Michel Martin chats with NPR's Washington correspondent Brian Naylor about the FCC's scheduled vote this week on a proposal that could one day save cable subscribers money.

To get to school, the children must trek as many as four hours up and down a 2,600-foot mountainside, relying on rickety ladders. Their families see their education as a way out of poverty.

The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens is welcoming the birth of three cotton-top tamarins. These critically endangered small monkeys are typically born as twins.

What can a city in decline do to make a comeback? In Springfield, Ohio, a new school is trying to turn the tide. But local leaders say keeping young people from moving away is key to economic revival.