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Officials in Texas are responding to the findings of an investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity into drugmakers' influence over medication choices for Medicaid patients.

Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets.

The Carter Center said the former president was preparing to go turkey hunting when he fell in his home. It added that he is now "recovering comfortably" after undergoing surgery.

Named storms have formed in the Atlantic before the official June 1 start of hurricane season in each of the last six years. The National Hurricane Center is discussing starting the season in May.

Linda talks with Andy Kohut, the director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. They discuss the findings of the Center's latest poll, focusing on "voter typology." He says that in all his years as a pollster, he has never seen a general election where the numbers have stayed so static for so long. He also says his polls show that likely Perot voters have such a distaste for Bob Dole and Bill Clinton that he can't imagine they would switch their vote to Dole-- even if Perot dropped out of the race. He says that a more likely scenario is that they'd stay home altogether.

A woman in Illinois spent five days in the hospital undergoing psychiatric care to help her through a mental health crisis. The bill she got is about the same price as a new Honda Civic.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, and Paul Braun of member station WRKF, about the state's rise in COVID-19 cases.

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias calls for feds to look into prosecutor's cases

Nearly a year after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown, "None of us doubt that we will prevail," an activist tells NPR. Others sound worried. "Every day is a little scarier," says one.

Organizers behind No Kings, a network of progressive groups, say millions turned out in cities and towns across the country and abroad to speak out against the Trump administration's actions.