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NPR's Don Gonyea talks to comedian Sarah Silverman about her latest special, "Yearly Departed," and the lessons learned from the year.

The United Nations effort to achieve "harmony" with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

The past is always present — but with a practically endless selection of music to choose from via the web, it's nice when some of the world's best record labels help excavate it for us.

Bob Mondello looks at the most-produced shows at high schools through seven decades and ponders what the choices made by drama teachers tell us.

An NTSB board member says the train was traveling at 106 mph while making a turn in a 50-mph zone. Tuesday night's derailment in Philadelphia claimed seven lives; dozens were injured.

Following minor surgery, a Kaiser Health News columnist sees up close how easily doctors can prescribe opioid pain pills, and how such prescribing helps fuel the epidemic of opioid addiction.

The idea was that Medicaid would expand to include people not covered under the Affordable Care Act. But many states have chosen not to expand coverage, despite financial incentives from the federal government. That may leave millions of people without any health coverage at all.

Hospitals and other health care companies often make it hard — and pricey — to get access to your medical data. It doesn't have to be this way.

People who choose to go to unapproved doctors and hospitals for care may find themselves with unexpected out-of-pocket expenses and copayments for services that would otherwise be free.

Congress ordered lenders to let homeowners who've been hurt financially in the crisis to skip mortgage payments. Many are getting that help, but others say their lenders aren't playing by the rules.