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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ethelene Whitmire about her book, "The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram," about a queer American Black man who went to Europe as World War II began, and stayed.

Many people at high risk for HIV can't afford PrEP, though it's more than 90 percent effective. The HIV medicine's list price, close to $2,000 for a 30-day supply, has risen 45 percent in six years.

President Putin starts his first foreign trip of this new term: a two-day visit to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Here's the significance of this trip and what we can expect from it,

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about his fight with Oklahoma's governor and tribal rights in America today.

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.

For $109,000 you can buy a 7,000-square-foot house that straddles the border between Vermont and Quebec and has entrances to the U.S. and Canada. Border agents from both countries keep an eye on it.

Remember Sen. Marco Rubio's paean to his Florida neighborhood in giving the Republican response to the State of the Union address? It seems Rubio is still living in West Miami because he's been unable to find someone to buy his house in the three months it's been on the market.

Warren Buffett is one of the investors in a $23 billion bid to buy HJ Heinz Company. Lesser known is one of Buffet's partners in the acquisition. Jorge Paulo Lemann is Brazil's richest man, according to Bloomberg.

Host Scott Simon reflects on the U.S. Postal Service's stamps of characters from the cartoon.

A group of workers at a Chicago bakery recently won $118 million. But two employees say they should be getting a share. It's another example of why it's important to write things down beforehand.