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NPR correspondent and former All Things Considered co-host Noah Adams recalls a day he spent with the famed crime writer in Detroit.

At the White House on Monday, President Obama acknowledged widespread problems with his health care law's website while still defending the Affordable Care Act. NPR White House Correspondent Scott Horsley talks with Steve Inskeep about the president's remarks.

Newly released figures underscore how few people were able to enroll during the HealthCare.gov website's first few days. The White House has compared that to a slow start for Massachusetts' health care program in 2006. Fact checkers say the comparison isn't quite right, though.

From the list of things a person with multiple sclerosis can't do, we must erase "sky-dive over Mount Everest." That's because Frenchman Marc Kopp, 55, jumped from an aircraft at an altitude of some 32,000 feet this weekend.

Angela Ahrendts is leaving her post as CEO of Burberry to become the first woman in Apple's senior executive ranks. Ahrendts says she will work to improve customer service at the company's stores.

The U.S.-based credit card companies responded to sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of its annexation of Crimea.

Republicans are calling for a new special panel to work out a deal to reopen government and raise the debt ceiling. Its prospects aren't very good.

As the tiny town in Michigan has gotten colder, few could seem to resist having some fun with its name. The frigid fame will be short-lived. Hell may be frozen over now, but it's expected to thaw this weekend.

The sale of the famous painting of a woman and boy bowing their heads in prayer at a table in a bustling restaurant set a record for Rockwell's art.

Durable and imagination-inspiring, blocks can provide a solid foundation for learning and creativity.