Search results for

Breathing interruptions while sleeping can triple the risk for cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks. But why? Research suggests apnea may predispose blood vessels to damage.

Some Medicaid plans will now get federal funding for 15 days of inpatient treatment. But Pennsylvania fears the new rule will close a loophole the state has been using to pay for longer stints.

North Korea says it detonated a powerful hydrogen bomb on Wednesday. But the White House says it doesn't believe the claim.

Frustrated with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, gun control advocates have been focusing on changing state laws in recent years. It's a model similar to what worked for marriage equality in America.

Twitter may or may not be lifting its famous 140-character length maximum. We look back at some of the ways the restrictions made us get creative and spurred new phenomena, like "twitterature."

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jonah Keri of Sports Illustrated about who was voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

In Harney County, Oregon, Sheriff David Ward's patience is wearing thin. It's been several days since armed, anti-government militants took over a federal wildlife refuge.

Officials in Washington, D.C., were talking about a new effort to prevent robberies. That's when, about 100 feet away, an ABC7 News car was broken into.

An advisory panel had recommended telling Americans to cut back on red and processed meats. But that controversial advice is missing from the update to the government's official nutrition guidelines.

An NPR reader wrote to All Tech Considered, asking for help quantifying texting's impact. We consult Mike Berners-Lee, who studied "the carbon footprint of everything."