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Diabetics feel the heat hotter than most people.

About 9 million American adults have taken sleeping pills in the past month. Their popularity generally increases with age and is highest among people 80 and older.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Andrew Middleton of Apostleship of the Sea about efforts to support crew members still aboard the ship that destroyed Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Millions of Texans are without power, heat and water. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mayor Michael Evans of Mansfield, who shares how his neighbors are enduring the aftermath of the historic storm.

Like many music festivals, Lollapalooza was called off last year due to the pandemic. It's making a comeback for 2021, and Chicago officials are using it as a vaccine incentive.

On balance, Americans said Trump's convention made them less likely to vote for him. Clinton's convention, meanwhile, fared far better. What could that mean for the general election?

Police in France have ended both of the hostage sieges they were facing in and near Paris. Three gunmen are dead, along with four of the hostages.

People who abuse opioids are well aware of the risk posed by fentanyl, a powerful anesthetic that's increasingly slipped into heroin and other drugs. They're coming up with new tactics to survive.

Sixteen teens were shot in Aurora, Colo., over 20 days in November. Adults and kids are looking for reasons and solutions. So far, it doesn't appear that the multiple incidents are related.

In the essay "The Myth of Sisyphus," philosopher Albert Camus — who would have turned 100 on Thursday — explored the nature of boring work. There's new psychological research into why people end up in boring jobs.