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Oscar Casillas, the medical director of emergency medicine at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, checks in on patients inside tiny cubicles that are used for treatment, on July 26, 2022.

Emergency room workers are facing more attacks. A new California law increases penalties

A new California law imposes harsher penalties for assaulting emergency room workers. It responds to rising attacks on health care workers, despite concerns from progressives and prison-reform advocates.

The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know

The House has passed legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

This week's pop charts are all about The Weeknd — and the Grammys

This week, The Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the Grammys experience big chart bumps.

Think you can't dance? Get up and try these tips in our comic. We dare you!

Anyone can dance. As you read this comic, follow each step — and you'll be moving and grooving in no time.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Army base that has been called Fort Liberty since 2023 will revert to its original name, Fort Bragg.

Fort Bragg 2.0: Army base reverts to its old name, but with a new namesake

A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg. Its new namesake is WWII hero Roland Bragg — unbeknownst to his family.

Is there a way to prevent the unpleasant symptoms that come with a heavy night of drinking? Experts weigh in on common hangover myths.

Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers

People have a lot of opinions about how to cure a hangover. Are any of them true? Medical experts dispel common misconceptions about the effects of drinking too much alcohol.

Father Vidal Rivas, Senior Priest at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hyattsville, MD.

Facing a threat of deportation, parents coordinate who will look after their children

NPR's Leila Fadel meets a mother preparing for the possibility of deportation by making sure someone will be able to look after her children.

Justice Smith plays Owen in Jane 's "I Saw the TV Glow." (2024)

Films for Transgender History Month

The Midday Movie Critics are highlighting some films that reflect trans representation on the big screen.

The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum creates "memory boxes" with personal belongings and photographs and documents for those who suffered or died in the country's conflicts. This memory box memorializes Kawsar Qubadian and includes her sweater and slippers.

An Afghan museum that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover is reborn online

The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum shares details and belongings from those who've died in conflict. It shut its doors when the Taliban took power, buried much of its collection — but has now reemerged.

Bailey Williams is a storyteller and yoga teacher in Alaska.

'I think of my body as a teacher,' says Marine who struggled with disordered eating

During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. Her new book is Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines.

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