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People with metabolic syndrome, which can include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and several other conditions, are at higher risk of getting cancer, a new study finds.

How high blood sugar, hypertension and obesity can add up to cancer risk

It's known that obesity is linked to many cancers. A study shows metabolic syndrome, which includes factors like high blood pressure and insulin resistance, also drives increased risk.

Lisa Teggart is executive director of the Door to Serenity sober living homes in Mobile, Alabama. She says she regularly has to turn people away who need one of the 18 beds she manages.

Can a mathematical model decide best how to spend opioid settlement cash?

In Alabama, a debate is happening over whether to invest in technology to guide long-term decisions on how to spend opioid settlement dollars or to focus on immediate needs of people in addiction.

Forty Wall Street, a Trump-owned building, stands in downtown Manhattan. Former President Trump says he can't secure a bond to appeal the $454 million penalty in his civil fraud case. But New York Attorney General Letitia James stating that she is prepared to seize the former president's assets, including the building at 40 Wall Street, if he is unable to pay.

Here's what happens if Trump can't pay his $454 million bond

The former president needs to arrange the money to comply with a New York Court ruling in less than a week, but says he can't find a company to put up the bond.

People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 13.

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting on Friday, is escorted by police and FSB officers in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024.

4 men charged in Moscow attack as Russia marks a national day of mourning

Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday showing signs of beatings as they faced formal terrorism charges.

Peggy Sauer was one of the "Damsels in Design" at GM hired to work on car interiors. She's shown here with her design for the backseat of a 1958 Oldsmobile.

'Women Behind the Wheel' explains how cars became a gendered technology

Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they are about performing domestic duties; there was even a minivan prototype with a washer/dryer inside.

Marine Corps veteran Ed O'Connor is seen outside his home in Fredericksburg, Va. He is among tens of thousands of veterans who took a COVID forbearance on a VA home loan. But the VA's program ended abruptly in October of 2022 and many veterans were asked to either pay all the missed payments or face foreclosure.

Veterans fear the VA's new foreclosure rescue plan won't help them

A pause in foreclosures after an NPR investigation may be of no help to many vets. They were already pushed into costly loan modifications after a move by the VA stranded them in a tough spot.

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King Charles is being treated for cancer

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and began treatment Monday, Buckingham Palace says.

Trucks line up in Tijuana waiting to cross the border at Otay Mesa in this undated photo.

Caltrans opens third truck lane at Otay Mesa border crossing facility

The new lane is intended to improve efficiency and reduce wait times and related emissions for cross-border freight.

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