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Hospitals are legally obligated to find suitable places to discharge patients, but their insurance status makes all the difference. Things get complicated if people have entered the country illegally.

In a new book, an NYU scholar explores how immigrants shape the American palate. He says it's time to ditch the phrase "ethnic food" — which lumps all nonwhite people and their cuisines together.

Lauren Child has a new "Charlie and Lola" book after a long hiatus. She tells NPR's Scott Simon that she needed a break, but then she missed her popular characters.

Lauren Child has a new "Charlie and Lola" book after a long hiatus. She tells NPR's Scott Simon that she needed a break, but then she missed her popular characters.

The Stanford Design Challenge is a competition to encourage students to design solutions for mobility and mental stimulation. The contest could change the way people live in the future.

Officials are attempting to copyright their party's symbol. But it's a symbol that's been trademarked by Heineken and other companies established before the Russian Revolution.

This week, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tussled over each other's qualifications. And on the GOP side, Ted Cruz's win in Wisconsin increased the chances of a contested convention.

The statute of limitations has expired on abuse charges, but prosecutors want ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert to be sentenced for banking violations linked to his hush-money payments to the accusers.

The Associated Press projects that the state will be the latest in a string of wins for the Vermont senator in the West. But the path ahead against rival Hillary Clinton is expected to get rockier.

In the wake of the deadly attacks in Belgium's capital in March, two brothers were quickly identified as suspected suicide bombers; authorities took longer to name their suspected accomplices.