Search results for

A library in Anchorage, doesn't just carry an array of books — it also features everything from sea lion skulls to wolverine pelts.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Christy O'Donnell, a former LAPD detective who became an advocate for the right-to-die law after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

The author's new memoir collects three decades worth of her journeys in search of a sense of home. "I guess I didn't realize I was gonna be crossing borders my whole life," she says.

Researchers looking at changes in Medicare coverage found that many people leave privately run Medicare Advantage plans when their care gets particularly costly.

California Gov. Jerry Brown: "I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged and excruciating pain."

After months of impassioned debate over the ethics of physician-assisted suicide, California will become the fifth state to allow people who are terminally ill to hasten death with lethal drugs.

Once a doctor's hobby, the Kerlan Collection is now one of the world's great collections of children's literature. Over 100,000 books offer visitors a chance to see the writer's process — for free.

They ranged in age from 18 to 67. One of them was an 18-year-old soccer player, another, 34, had just enrolled at the college. One victim was 18 and was just about to take his brown belt test.

Critic Tess Taylor reviews journalist Jeffrey Brown's poetry collection, The News.

As details of Thursday's shooting at Umpqua Community College continue to emerge, several politicians are reacting with strong language about gun control.