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Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the history of the death penalty in the U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced it's imposing sanctions on Iran's foreign minister. NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the move with Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Obama.

After matadors kill bulls, restaurants and butcher shops will sell the meat during bullfighting festivals. One Madrid restaurant sells it all year long, despite opposition from animal rights groups.

More than a thousand people waited in line to see a dentist at an annual free clinic in Pittsburgh. Some had never been to a dentist before.

New York State will require health insurance companies to cover the cost of treatments to detect and prevent HIV infection starting next year, according…

Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Jimi Hendrix have something in common – aside from being music legends. They all performed as unknowns on a small stage…

The two leaders spoke by phone Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin "regards the US President's offer as a sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future."

Iron-deficiency anemia is often remedied with drugstore iron pills. But if that doesn't work, doctors sometimes prescribe iron infusions — and the bill for that can vary by thousands of dollars. Why?

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says he’s launching an investigation into Juul, a company that makes e-cigarettes.Tong says statistics show…

The court trial over Long Island Power Authority’s property tax dispute with Huntington Town ended this week. A final ruling on the case is not expected…