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Medicare spends about $20 billion each year on implanted medical devices. Nearly half of the total goes for orthopedic surgery. Yet doctors who were surveyed about implant prices could only accurately estimate the prices about one-fifth of the time.

At a town hall meeting in New Mexico Thursday, President Obama touted legislation designed to protect consumers from fluctuating credit card rules. He also urged Congress to act quickly on legislation to end credit card practices deemed abusive.

General Motors says it's confident it can steer a course through bankruptcy court and emerge as a leaner, more competitive automaker. The company filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. The federal government is helping GM with another $30 billion in aid. That will make the government the company's majority shareholder.

Alex Rodriguez met the press for the first time since acknowledging that he took performance-enhancing drugs. A number of his New York Yankee teammates were on hand in Tampa, Fla., to lend support to Rodriguez as the team begins spring training.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new technology that's showing good signs of easing the suffering of those with the affliction.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Morgan State University's chief of police, Lance Hatcher, about the challenges facing HBCUs as racially motivated, domestic extremism intensifies in the U.S.

Before coming to Virginia, the Alexandria gunman lived in Belleville, Ill. Residents there were shocked by Wednesday's shootings, and say they're concerned about the nation's increasing political divides.

The MSNBC host's book compiles the most convincing research and journalism on the harm oil and gas have done to global democracy, and then weaves together a narrative of greed, power and corruption.

A new study focusing on four major U.S. cities finds gun assaults on children more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Black children were the most frequent victims.

State funding combined with federal government assistance means free school breakfast and lunch will be available to 81% of the state's student population.