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From NPR: To get to the championship game, the Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game 26-16. The NFC championship game…

Water containing pollutants from a chemical spill in West Virginia is making its way down the Ohio River, causing water treatment plants throughout…

A new federal report shows some good news for Kentucky enterprise. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says, according to the latest available data, the…

The act, among other things, ended the era of legal segregation in public accommodations, like restaurants and hotels. This year marks the 50th anniversary of its passage. Author Todd Purdum joins Fresh Air to talk about the legislative and political battles that surrounded it.

A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that nearly 1 in 5 Latinos say diabetes is the major health concern for themselves and their family. In East Los Angeles, where obesity and diabetes are common, community activists are committed to turning the problem around.

An Illinois case examines whether states may recognize a union for workers who care for disabled adults in their homes instead of state institutions, and whether non-union members must pay for a contract they benefit from.

Up a barren, narrow valley in the West Bank hills, a small community of herders raises sheep and goats. But it is also an Israeli military zone. NPR's Emily Harris visited the community one day, and returned the next to find their flimsy homes bulldozed by Israeli court order.

A new survey shows that average retail food prices rose slightly in the last three months of 2013 in supermarkets across Kentucky.The Kentucky Farm Bureau…

A report released today says Illinois' plan to save $160 billion ultimately won't make much of a dent in the state's growing deficits.The University of…

Arctic temperatures are back in our region for the second time this year with some officials speculating this might not be the end of it. Despite highs in…