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WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation With Reporter Katie Peralta

Fans of the Carolina Panthers will watch their team in the Wildcard round of the NFL playoffs this Sunday in New Orleans. Soon those fans will wait to...

Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments through the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program. The penalties — now in their fourth year — were created by the Affordable Care Act to drive hospitals to improve the quality of their care.

Hospitals Nationally Hit Hard By Medicare's Safety Penalties

Seven states saw a third or more of their hospitals punished under the federal health law's campaign against hospital-acquired conditions. Critics accuse some unscathed hospitals of gaming the system.

Cooper To "Pursue Every Option" Against Offshore Drilling

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he'll keep fighting efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to expand oil and gas exploration…

Feds' Planned Marijuana Crackdown Is Disruptive, Frosh Says

Steve Inskeep talks to Brian Frosh, Maryland's attorney general, about how the new tighter federal rules on marijuana would affect states that have already legalized the drug.

Police Say Man Used Ill-Gotten Gains To Buy Engagement Ring

Police in Ohio say the suspect spent $4,500 on a ring less than an hour after the robbery and gave it to his fiancee the next day. He denies the robbery but admits surveillance photos look like him.

'Fire And Fury' Overshadows GOP Strategy Talks

President Trump reacted angrily to revelations in a new book — an account of his first year in office. Among those revelations: disparaging remarks by his former key strategist Steve Bannon.

Retail jobs have taken a hit, losing 67,000 jobs in 2017 after seeing a large gain the year before. In this photo from October, people pass a sign advertising a sale and a job at a shop in Boston last fall.

148,000 Jobs Were Added To U.S. Economy In December

It's a sharp drop from the November result of more than 250,000 jobs. With data for December now in, U.S. job growth fell in 2017, to 2.1 million from 2.2 million in 2016.

J.J. Laprise shovels his driveway in Scituate, Mass., on Friday. Frigid temperatures, some that could feel as cold as minus 30 degrees, moved across the East Coast as the region attempted to clean up from a massive winter storm.

Blizzard Has Passed, But Frigid Temperatures Remain Along East Coast

The National Weather Service says there's a good chance that some locations will set temperature records today, as arctic air settles in after a massive winter storm.

Abdul Kadr and Artur fled their homes in Chechnya because of their sexuality and are now living in the Netherlands.

Chechnya's LGBT Muslim Refugees Struggle To Cope In Exile

The Netherlands is one of a handful of European countries giving refuge to gay Chechens, after reports emerged that Chechnya's authorities were rounding up and torturing the LGBT community.

Maurice Andrews finishes in first place in the Kuskokwim 300 Season Opener in blizzard conditions in Alaska on Dec. 30, 2017. The race was delayed two weeks due to warm weather.

While The Eastern U.S. Freezes, It's Too Warm In Alaska

"We're way behind on winter," one resident says. Higher than average temperatures in rural Alaska are being blamed for two deaths and are preventing people from hunting for food.

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