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Dr. Horatio Cabasares died from COVID-19 just over a year ago. His son, Hubert, remembers his father, who immigrated from the Philippines and made his mark as the only surgeon in a small Georgia town.

The Department of Health and Human Services is releasing more details of the President Trump's plan to reduce drug prices, including a new web site.

Top prospect Kris Bryant is set to bat fourth against the Padres Friday in his major league debut, bringing with him hope Chicago may someday soon win another championship.

The Education Department said today that changes to a pair of previously troubled programs have recently led to $4.8 billion in loan relief for another 80,000 borrowers.

Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy takes to Capitol Hill and faces tough questions about the agency's latest scandal.

Called the "Hip-Hop Day of Atonement", the Nation of Islam organized a service yesterday in response to the death of rapper Tupac Shakur. It was meant for rap fans and artists "to atone for the self-destructive, genocidal lifestyle" that killed Shakur.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She is infamous in the IT department of NPR for losing laptops to bullets, hurricanes, and bomb blasts.

NPR's Rick Karr reports that following the near shutdown of Napster, the online music swapping service, many fans are flocking to similar sites. Programs on the web such as Freenet and Gnutella had more than 9-million hits this weekend alone, causing some critics to say the end of music copy-write law may be at hand.

Garth Williams, who illustrated dozens of children's books, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web and Little House on the Prairie, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Noah Adams talks with his wife Leticia about her husband and the magical drawings he created. A memorial service was held today in Marfil, Mexico, the town in which he spent much of his time of the past 35 years.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Loretta Christensen, Navajo Area chief medical officer at the Indian Health Service about the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on Native Americans.