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In some countries, doctors prescribe medical-grade heroin to patients with long-term addiction. Could it ever happen the U.S.? A new report from RAND Corporation outlines the pros and cons.

A federal report suggests America's interstates are worn, overused and highly congested. It also recommends billions of dollars in fixes.

News — big and small — on four different fronts of the Russia investigation is expected Friday. Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen and James Comey all have a role. Here's what to watch for.

Hundreds of teachers at a large northern Illinois school district remain on strike.Earlier this week, hundreds of Geneva teachers, community members and…

Inmates are among the least educated people in America, but few prisons offer opportunities beyond a GED. What if people behind bars had access to federal money to help pay for college?

Best known for his roles in Manchester by the Sea and Lady Bird, Hedges stars as a teenager in rehab for opioid addiction in Ben is Back. He's also nominated for a Golden Globe for Boy Erased.

Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is preparing to leave the U.S. Senate having lost re-election in November. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the North Dakota senator about her term.

Residents of a small German town are looking at an image of Elvis Presley dancing or standing at a microphone to signal for them to walk or not to walk.

A new report published by a national non-profit finds that Illinois prisons are holding about 17,000 more people than they were designed to house. The…

If the snowpack keeps dwindling around northeastern maple trees, it's possible that by the end of the century, proper conditions for making maple syrup might no longer exist, a new study suggests.