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Anesthesiologists make a lot of money. But female anesthesiologists make much less than their male counterparts, a RAND study finds. It's the latest evidence of a persistent pay gap in health care.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is readying new regulations on payday loans and other high-cost forms of credit. Officials with the agency say the loans can trap borrowers in a cycle of debt.

The law has changed, but what President Obama calls "too much testing" is likely to continue.

A new Government Accountability Office report shows the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting 2020 census workers, and notes security challenges for the census website expected to roll out in a month.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Charles Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former prosecutor, about the three men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.

Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former deputy president, was acquitted Monday of charges he raped an HIV-positive female friend after a judge ruled the encounter was consensual. Madeleine Brand talks with Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg about the politically charged case.

After finding former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling guilty on several counts in their conspiracy and fraud trial, the jury of eight women and four men met with reporters to explain their thinking.

Snapchat's Family Center lets parents see whom their teen is contacting, but not their messages. Parents can also confidentially report accounts that concern them, without their child's knowledge.

An NPR investigation found stalled confirmatory trials and lax enforcement are plaguing the FDA's accelerated approval of drugs for urgent medical needs.

The Memphis officer stood over Tyre Nichols and took photographs, which he sent to other officers and a female acquaintance, according to documents released by the Tennessee's police standards panel.