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Dennis Whedbee's experience illustrates the trade-offs for injured workers as states and insurance carriers seek to trim workers' comp by gaining more control over treatment decisions.

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

The lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has been found — 106 years after the vessel sank. The wooden ship Endurance is remarkably intact about 10,000 feet underwater off Antarctica.

Grammy-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold performs "Ethereal Souls" for Jazz Night In America's tribute to the jazz musicians we lost in 2020.

NPR obtained FEMA data detailing 40,000 homes the federal government purchased as a way of avoiding future losses from disasters. We explore a New Jersey neighborhood after the buyouts were complete.

The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that the state had recovered more than 82,000 nonfarm, payroll jobs in the past two months.

Rose was found after six and a half years living in the woods. Neighbors told rescuers they'd been feeding the stray terrier for years. Rose had run away from home in West Sussex, England.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sanaa Seif, sister of imprisoned Egyptian political activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, about her brother who has not been heard from in over a week.

A new study finds numbers far higher than previously thought. India has the greatest number of kids affected. The U.S. has 250,000 kids in this category but lags behind in aid for bereaved families.

In 1966, Michael A. Baronowski of Norristown, Penn., took a tape recorder with him into combat in Vietnam. Lance Cpl. Baronowski was in the demilitarized zone when he captured sounds of jokes, songs, bombs, and bullets. He died later that year in an ambush in a village — but not before sending these recordings home. (Produced by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison.)