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In Memoriam 2019: The Musicians We Lost

NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.

Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, negotiated a deal with a drugmaker to get the state a better price for expensive hepatitis C medications for its Medicaid and prison populations.

Louisiana's Novel 'Subscription' Model For Pricey Hepatitis C Drugs Gains Approval

Certain high-cost drugs are straining state budgets. A new deal approved Wednesday allows Louisiana to spend a fixed amount for unlimited access to a costly cure. Other states may try to follow suit.

People fill Petco as the Padres play the Dodgers, May 21, 2016.

Padres To Open 2019 Season Against Giants

The San Diego Padres will open their 2019 season Thursday against the San Francisco Giants with events and pageantry in and around Petco Park.

There's a growing need for volunteer doctors to help treat patients infected with coronavirus.

There's A Federal System For Signing Up Medical Volunteers — But It's Neglected

We need more doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists to fight the coronavirus. So why isn't a federal registry for medical volunteers getting the support it needs to be effective?

U.S. Abortion Rate Continues Long-Term Decline In Most States

The rate fell again in the most recent Guttmacher Institute survey, continuing a decline since 1980.

Fellowship of Wildwood, a Baptist church in west St. Louis County, allows certain trained congregants to carry weapons. Church leaders say their volunteer security team helps provide peace of mind to the congregation.

Houses Of Worship Struggle To Balance Security And Belief In Wake Of Violence

Violence at houses of worship in recent years has congregational leaders adding security. But the move is sometimes at odds with their beliefs and their missions to the communities they serve.

"These are really good bills," House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., seen here in June, said last Thursday. Republican lawmakers are also touting wins.

From Border Security To Tobacco Age, Both Parties Tout Key Wins In Spending Deal

Congressional leaders unveiled new highlights for a fiscal year 2020 budget agreement. It boosts spending for census, federal workers and the military, election security and border security efforts.

Security personnel stand guard at St. Anthony's Church on April 24 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The church was among three targeted in this year's Easter Sunday attacks.

Before Sri Lanka's Easter Attacks, Muslims' Warnings About Terrorism Went Unheeded

Mohammad Taslim tried to warn authorities about other Muslims who'd been radicalized. He was shot soon after. Two men he flagged are now under arrest for links to Sri Lanka's Easter terrorist attacks.

Nearly 400 men and women worked for more than 14 years to carve the images of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln into Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D.

Last Living Mount Rushmore Carver Dies At 98

"I feel like Mount Rushmore was the greatest thing with which I was ever involved," Donald "Nick" Clifford said of his three years working on the iconic American monument.

Flowers and photos decorate a memorial for members of the Holcombe family, which lost nine members in a church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in this undated photo.

One Year After Texas Church Shooting, Families Want The Air Force Held Accountable

Before Devin Kelley killed 26 people at a Texas church, the Air Force failed to enter his criminal history into the FBI's background check system. Several victims' families are suing.

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