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After years of price hikes, the cost of the average Affordable Care Act policy is dropping across the U.S. Competition among insurers has increased as the political uncertainty starts to settle down.

For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as prescription medical devices — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a handful of newcomers to the pop charts.

The economy still takes the top spot as the most pressing concern, but preserving democracy continues to rank high in NPR's polling, an aberration in American history.

In its sixth year, our contest handed over the mic to fourth graders for the very first time. We received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country — and we've narrowed it down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.

As a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll.

By Eileen Buckley Buffalo, NY – You might say Buffalo has "reeled" in a big one. The ESPN Bassmasters Elite Series opened in Buffalo late yesterday…

World AIDS Day – a global effort to bring attention to the ongoing HIV epidemic – is being observed today. In Erie County, where more than 100 new cases…

A prolonged shortage of semiconductors has cut sharply into the production of new cars. For car shoppers, that means sky-high prices, long waits or major compromises if they want to get a vehicle.

Albums by Wallen and Adele were the top sellers of 2021, according to MRC Data and Billboard's annual tally. Other findings: audio on-demand streaming soared, and sales of vinyl outpaced CDs.