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Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.

We spent a day soaking up the low-key magic made by Luke "Santa Luke" Durant, who draws large crowds — young and old — to storied Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore.

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.

Thanks to new climate-controlled kennels acquired through a military surplus program, the Santa Fe Police Department is a step closer to rebooting its…

Food shortages have gotten so bad in Venezuela that delegates to this week's conference of the Non-Aligned Movement have been told to bring in their own…

Amy Goodman will not face criminal charges for her coverage of an oil pipeline protest in North Dakota last month. Prosecutors say they may still bring charges later.

In Missouri, plans to pare 90,000 people from the Medicaid rolls in 2005 have sparked a fierce debate over the morality of the move. Frank Morris of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports.

Rescue workers searched for survivors Monday following a massive landslide in central Venezuela, as the death toll rose past 30.

More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.