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More than half of America’s rural hospitals lack labor and delivery services. The University of Colorado is trying to help close the gap by training nurse midwives to work in rural areas.

If you’ve bought anything in the last decade -- or paid for a service -- there’s a decent chance you’ve received at least one class action settlement notice.

The historic Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., will be disassembled and taken to a new location. The chapel sits in a landslide area that is shifting by about seven inches a week.

In Georgia, the Morehouse School of Medicine is training rural community doulas who will help pregnant women in the southwest part of the state, where maternal mortality rates are high.

Conservatives like Republican Rep. Paul Ryan are using religious arguments as they push for cuts to taxes and to services for the poor. That's prompting liberals to push back, saying it goes against Jesus' command to care for the poor.

Pope Francis cements his legacy at the Vatican Saturday by elevating 21 men from six continents to the College of Cardinals.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares for some tough questions ahead of his appearance in front of the senate foreign relations committee on Tuesday.

Tropical storm conditions and coastal flooding are expected to appear in areas along the Outer Banks starting late Wednesday.

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting Health Secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters until Feb. 1, unless they get express approval from "a presidential appointee."

Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most well-known televangelists of the 1980s, has died, according to a social media post from his ministry.