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Host Jessica Harris speaks with Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Square and the social networking service Twitter. Square is a financial services company that allows any merchant to accept credit card payments through a device that plugs into a smartphone's headphone jack. Harris also speaks with Michael and Rick Mast, the founders of the artisanal chocolate company Mast Brothers Chocolate in Brooklyn.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service is appealing a court order that would offer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities choice in their care.

Jose Rodrigues came to the United States from Angola as a teenager and joined the Marines out of high school. He served in Iraq twice, and he's one of 26,000 service members whose citizenship has been expedited because of his military service. He says that taking the oath of citizenship didn't make him feel more American -- he's considered himself an American for a long time.

The fire threatened about 20 homes in the evacuation area, but right now Carteret County Emergency Services officials say there are no longer any structures threatened.

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

The laws governing Medicare don't provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, including rapid antigen tests. Here's how older adults can get free tests anyway.

Much of the federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to reach a deal to keep government programs and services running before the midnight deadline.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jeff Donofrio, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, on unemployment in his state due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it would review Medicare Advantage billing practices with an eye toward curbing overcharges.

A statewide collaborative of nail salons now has 120 members; all have made ventilation upgrades and switched from toxic products to safer ones. Will clients be willing to pay extra to help workers?