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A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year — almost four times the government's estimate for the cost of incarceration.

TikTok has become the go-to source on ADHD for teens and young adults. But a new study finds that a lot of the information is misleading and can make people's symptoms worse.

Cuba's government says the 10 people on a Florida-registered boat that opened fire on its soldiers were "terrorists" trying to infiltrate the island. The country says its forces killed four people.

NPR's Michel Martin interviews film director Robert Greene about Bisbee '17 a film that follows a town confronting the brutal exile of striking miners to a desert a century ago.

W. Kamau Bell has a new shtick in the latest season of his TV show, United Shades of America. As he tells NPR's Michel Martin, he's no longer going after interviews with people who hate him.

Cities have tasked police and sanitation workers with dismantling homeless camps that they say pose a risk to health and safety. But that's meant some displaced people are losing needed medications.

Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine recently donated $70 million to the University of Southern California. Many people are applauding their generosity, but some aren't so happy. Host Michel Martin speaks with Walter Kimbrough, President of Dillard University, about why he thinks an HBCU should have gotten the money.

Volume Control author David Owen says our ears largely evolved in a far quieter time than the one we currently live in. He warns that the ambient noises that surround us pose a threat to our hearing.

New York Timeshealth reporter Donald McNeil points to China as one extreme way to stop a pandemic in its tracks. "We're reluctant to follow China, but they did it," he says. At least for now.

How can communities stop coronavirus case surges without crushing the economy? Some scientists say widespread mask wearing may be more than a helpful precaution — it may be the solution.