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Oregon audit finds lack of transparency in Medicaid prescription system

Secretary of State auditors recommend changes to provide equal prescription access to all Oregon Health Plan members.

Smoky skies on US 199 due to Smith River Complex, which has resulted in evacuations in Northern California.

As wildfires burn, shelters house evacuees from Happy Camp and Smith River fires

Several large wildfires are still burning just south of the Oregon border. As people are evacuated from these areas, the Red Cross has been operating shelters for those who are displaced.

Marine scientists Jan-Olaf Meynecke attaches video-enabled tracking tags to humpback whales near Brisbane, Australia. While collecting data for a larger project on the whales' migration patterns and climate change, Meynecke and his colleagues discovered a new behavior they call "sand rolling."

This video from a humpback 'whale spa' shows skin care is serious — and social

The footage of humpback whales exfoliating their skin with sand offer new insight into these animals' complex lifestyles deep beneath the ocean

Pfizer's RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.

Jon Batiste performs at the Newport Folk Festival on Aug. 5. Batiste, a riveting live performer who has led the band at <em>The Late Show</em> and won an album of the year Grammy, just released a studio album, <em>World Music Radio</em>, that feels like an attempt to consolidate his billowing talent into a stable unit, like squeezing a genie back into the bottle.

When the world's your stage, can an album capture the feeling?

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

NPR's head of programming, Anya Grundmann, is leaving the network at the end of the year.

NPR's podcast and programming chief Anya Grundmann to leave after 30 years

NPR's top programming executive, Anya Grundmann, will leave at the end of the year. She has overseen numerous hits for the network, including Tiny Desk.

A worker from the Coachella Valley Water Department surveys debris flowing across a road following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Monday.

Tropical Storm Hilary moves on from California, leaving a trail of damage and debris

The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in more than 80 years sparked road closures, school cancellations and power outages on Sunday evening before moving north to Nevada.

Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2023 LA Pride in the Park Festival. In the first episode of its second season, the <em>Louder Than A Riot</em> podcast examines the backlash Megan faced after being shot by rapper Tory Lanez.

'Louder Than A Riot' reckons with hip-hop's past and looks to a more inclusive future

Podcast hosts Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael say despite the misogynoir that has plagued the genre, hip-hop is poised for change. "The girls and the gays are running things," Madden says.

Matiullah Wesa, cofounder of the education charity PenPath in Afghanistan, speaks to children during a class next to his mobile library in a district of Kandahar Province. Wesa and his brother were among the Afghan men who have called for the Taliban to reverse its bans on higher education for girls. He was arrested in March and has been held in prison since then with no formal charges.

Angelina Jolie urges support for jailed Afghan man who championed higher ed for girls

It's been 5 months since Matiullah Wesa, an activist who urged an end to Taliban bans on girls' education, was arrested. Media attention has faded. Now Angelina Jolie is making a plea in his behalf.

Spain's Olga Carmona points to the message she had written on her undershirt to honor the death of one of her best friend's mother after scoring what would be the only goal in the match against England on Sunday. Carmona later learned that her father had died before the final match.

Spain's Olga Carmona learned her father had died after she won the Women's World Cup

"Yesterday was the best and the worst day of my life," wrote Carmona, who scored the only goal in Spain's historic win over England.

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