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Think buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will be confusing? You're not alone. NPR listeners asked questions that have been bugging them about state insurance exchanges and other new options. NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner explains how it's going to work.

Two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions went on strike after weekend talks with management failed to produce a new contract. The move ensures a nightmarish journey ahead for Monday commuters.

Creditors are going to lose up to 70 cents of every dollar they're owed by Jefferson County, Ala. The county earned the title of largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history after a sewer financing deal went awry.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with legendary HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley about Friday's unconventional bout between former champ Mike Tyson and social media star Jake Paul.

Across the country, Muslim prison chaplains are in short supply. A new program offers classes to Muslim inmates designed to use faith as a pathway to rehabilitation and reentry.

Rebecca Paul Hargrove, who created two state lotteries and now runs a third, understands what makes a lottery program work.

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday.

Nurul Haque vowed to give back to the U.S. — the country he credits with allowing him to escape from one of the bleakest humanitarian crises in the world.

This week, we have monopolies (not the game), casting decisions and fashion passings. Plus a new Stephen King book! Have you been paying attention?

In a blistering hearing, Senators from both parties challenged the health secretary to defend his actions, including on vaccines access and CDC leadership.