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The blackouts that hit Texas earlier this year caused billions of dollars in debt for some utilities when natural gas prices skyrocketed. That's led to lawsuits over alleged price gouging.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican State Rep. Travis Clardy of Texas about the prospects for a GOP-backed elections bill after Democratic lawmakers left the state to try to stop its passage.

Mark Daley always knew the goal was reunification — but he was still devastated when the young boys in his care returned to their birth family. He writes about the experience in his new memoir, Safe.

Weeks after warnings about high COVID-19 infection rates in Missouri and in Southeastern states, vaccination rates remain low and health care systems are stressed.

Climate change is making powerful hurricanes more common. That may require adding a new official designation for the more intense storms, a new study suggests.

A federal indictment unsealed Friday accuses Menendez and his wife of engaging in "a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey associates and businessmen."

The Prosper school district's current stadium reportedly cost $53 million. Some locals are unhappy about the potential use of tax dollars for the project.

On Sunday, Jay-Z accepted an honorary Grammy by taking gentle aim at the awards' failure to support Black musicians. "We want y'all to get it right — at least get it close to right," he said.

Parents in Denver jump on the "bike bus" bandwagon, organizing group rides to a local elementary school as a safe, healthy and low carbon means of delivering kids to classrooms.

The Biden administration unveiled regulations that potentially would help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports.