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For this round of our short story contest, entries must include a character who finds something that he or she has no intention of returning. Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 12, 2013.

Consumers have until March 31 to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Tell Me More gets the latest from Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News.

The bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing changed China, NPR's Louisa Lim explains in a new book. She also chronicles the brutal repression that took place in another city — and remained hidden until now.

Management consultants have been buying up struggling rural hospitals, claiming they can turn their finances around. But are those strategies in the hospitals' best interest?

Despite the growth of population in the western U.S., water use in cities such as Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix is going down. The reason? High-tech, low-flow toilets.

What will the next year bring? We asked experts for their forecasts on humanitarian aid, the refugee crisis, global health and other topics.

The 39-year-old is the first African-American Democrat to run for governor in Florida's history — and is considered by many to be the state's most progressive gubernatorial candidate ever.

Proposals in several cities to offer drug users access to a safe space to consume drugs have caused a political stir, but what do we really know about the effectiveness of safe injection sites?

A small-business owner trying to save his shop, a policeman determined to make it to work, an elderly couple and four great-grandchildren trapped in a van: The high waters in Houston have been fatal.

"I bow my head before the Polish victims of Germany's tyranny," Germany's president said last Sunday on the 80th anniversary of WWII's start. "And I ask forgiveness."