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Private Medicare plans that pay for prescription drugs can now cover obesity medicine Wegovy, if it's prescribed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people at high risk.

The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend.

Four years after the pandemic began, a small group of New Yorkers is still celebrating first responders. Each night at 7, they lean out their windows to make a big noise in thanks.

After getting the greenlight from shareholders, former President Trump's social media company will go public in the stock market. He stands to make over billions of dollars.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about MLB player Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, who allegedly stole millions of dollars from the player to cover up gambling debts.

The United Nation says a famine is imminent in Gaza. NPR's Ailsa Chang checks in with Alex de Waal, leading scholar on famines, about the situation in the strip.

After weeks of speculation about Kate Middleton's whereabouts and a photoshopped picture of her with her children, the Palace has announced she's undergoing treatment for cancer.

The Tennessee legislature passed a bill that would undo local reforms implemented after the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police last year.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Washington Post columnist Eduardo Porter about Texas' immigration law SB4, and Mexico's reaction to it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he seeks "total victory" over Hamas. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Middle East expert Daniel Byman about what that means for Gaza.