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The military spends $4.3 billion a year to move troops from one assignment to another, but the Pentagon doesn't keep very good data on how it spends that money and why.

Israel Keyes confessed to murdering as many as 11 people across the country before killing himself in 2012. But Keyes didn't name his victims, and efforts to identify them have been frustrated by a lack of a federally mandated national missing persons database.

Medicaid in Mississippi provides insurance to 1 in 5 residents. But funding could stop July 1 if politicians don't act. The Legislature has brought the program to the brink over a debate about expanding it under the Affordable Care Act.

A hairdresser in Alaska is one of the first people to get health insurance through HealthCare.gov. The 37-year-old woman has a chronic thyroid problem, so she's thrilled to find affordable coverage. Insurers are bracing for sick people like her to be among the first entering the market.

Vietnamese fisherman flocked to the Biloxi, Miss., because it was a lot like home. But the shrimpers here, as in other places in Gulf, are worried their way of life will come to an abrupt end because of the huge oil spill. Many were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina and are dismayed to find their livelihoods threatened once again.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Aubrey Gordon about her new book "You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People."

Officials in Newport News, Va., say a six-year-old who shot and wounded his teacher during class got the gun from home. First grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot during a lesson on Friday.

President Biden is in Mexico City to discuss issues like migration, climate and fentanyl with Mexico's López Obrador and Canada's Trudeau.

A first-of-its-kind offshore wind lease auction along California's coast generated $750 million in combined sales. Analysts say that's a strong and positive market signal for American offshore wind.

A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.