Family caregivers of medically complex children will soon no longer be able to provide attendant care — meaning they have to transition to other Medicaid programs. The Family and Social Services Administration provided updates this week on one of the main programs families can shift to in July.
A federal court this week permanently struck down a state law that tried to ban people from telling minors about other states’ abortion laws without parental consent.
-
What's a typical vacation activity for doctors? Work. A new study finds that most physicians do work on a typical day off. In this essay, a family doctor considers why that is and why it matters.
-
Jerry Seinfeld has the become the latest in a string of public figures to blame "political correctness" for the death of comedy (among other societal ills). But what does the term actually refer to?
-
Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.
-
Weliton Menário Costa's award-winning music video showcases his research on kangaroo personality and behavior — and offers a celebration of human diversity, too.
-
Venzuela's opposition finally gets to name a candidate to take on President Nicolas Maduro in July's election. The authoritarian leader has used all sorts of underhanded tricks to seize the advantage.
-
Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has been charged with allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities.
-
The African country of Chad goes holds its presidential election in the next few days — one of the first military led governments in the region to do so. Will the vote bring stability or more chaos?
-
Brood 19 cicadas have emerged in parts of the Southeast and they're making a lot of noise.
-
New York state forest ranger Robbi Mecus died climbing in Alaska. She's remembered by the many people she helped, through search and rescue missions and her leadership in the LGBTQ climbing community.
-
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby. Safety concerns are taking center stage after a dozen horses died in last year's spring meet.
-
Hope Hicks, a Trump-era White House adviser and communications director, is testifying in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. Hick's name has come up several times before taking the stand.
-
Palestinians in the West Bank are following the protests on US campuses and say this movement is giving them hope.
-
When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.
-
Nick Schenkel reviews the poetry of Robert Haas and Lafayette's own Evaleen Stein to celebrate the closing of National Poetry Month.
Latest Podcasts
-
Nick Schenkel reviews the poetry of Robert Haas and Lafayette's own Evaleen Stein to celebrate the closing of National Poetry Month.
-
Ask the Mayor: West Lafayette’s Erin Easter on the Purdue student protests