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U.S. consumers are enjoying extremely low gasoline prices, but the big drop in oil prices is causing hardship in nations that depend on oil production to fund their governments and social programs. NPR takes a look at which oil producing countries are hurt most and how they're coping.

Tourists who indulge in legal marijuana in Colorado are more likely to end up in the emergency room with cannabis-related problems than are state residents, a study finds. Talk about a bad trip.

Mobile phones that double as stun guns. Smart bikes connected to an app that can deter thieves and track your workout. We got an eyeful of futuristic gadgets at a mobile tech conference in Barcelona.

Hayden is a former president of the American Library Association and is currently CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

A state judge ruled Wednesday that New York City health officials can enforce a requirement for chain restaurants to inform consumers which menu items have more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium.

California regulators say autonomous cars should have a licensed driver, but a top Google engineer says that makes as much sense as putting a steering wheel or brake pedal in the back of a cab.

Federal rules mostly prohibit nursing homes from refusing to readmit residents after a hospital stay. But states rarely enforce the regulations. Some California families are now suing the state.

In an ABC News interview, CEO Tim Cook reiterated that Apple will not create iPhone-cracking software. A judge ordered Apple to help the FBI crack into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

A team of health experts is tracking down mothers who had babies with microcephaly to try to prove or debunk the link to Zika virus.

Steve Inskeep talks to Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post about his report that President Obama is considering Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada as a possible Supreme Court nominee.