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Sterile processing technician Mae Valdehueza assembles medical instruments inside of a facility inside UC San Diego's Jacobs Medical Center, Nov. 3, 2025.

From housekeeping to health care professionals: UCSD Health fills vacancies via paid training program

A new program at UC San Diego Health is training people to advance from jobs like housekeeping and food service into clinical health roles.

SNAP runs out of money Nov. 1. Here's what that means in your state

States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

When SNAP benefits will arrive is still in flux. Here's what communities are doing to fill the gap

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

San Francisco police officers instruct an unhoused person to move personal items that are blocking the sidewalk on Cedar Street in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2024. Unhoused people on Cedar Street are forced to move their shelters and belongings on a regular basis by San Francisco city workers.

‘Look, there’s nowhere else to go’: Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps

Last year, California cities gained more power to ban homeless encampments. CalMatters dug into what that looks like in three cities.

What makes manufacturing jobs special? The answer could help rebuild the middle class

More than half of American workers don't have a college degree. Is manufacturing a ticket for them to the middle class?

He's a decorated war vet but a convicted criminal. ICE wants to deport him

Jose Barco's story is one of battlefield trauma, bureaucratic bumbling and eventually, a serious crime.

The FBI released this image with a size chart showing the height of the alleged pipe bomber — 5 foot 7 inches.

Still on the hunt, the FBI shares new details about pipe bombs placed ahead of Jan. 6

Officials are still trying to identify the person who placed bombs outside of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee offices in 2021. Now they have fresh details.

According to an annual survey of college online-learning officers, 83% of online programs in higher education cost students as much as or more than in-person courses.

As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

Voters fill out their ballots on the second day of early voting in the 2024 presidential election at the Board of Elections Loop Super Site in Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 4, 2024.

6 facts about false noncitizen voting claims and the election

All the available evidence suggests that a miniscule number of noncitizens vote illegally in federal elections and not in numbers that would sway the outcome of any race.

Honoré Prentice (in yellow shirt and glasses), who lives in Canada, met three of his birth siblings, who live in the U.S., in person on Dec. 13, 2021. The brothers were all born in Haiti.

When an adoptee reunites with birth siblings abroad: 'There's no instruction manual'

Reuniting with birth siblings after an international adoption is a challenging — and emotionally charged — mission. Here are stories from four families.

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