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Even though the federal health law allows young adults to stay on their parents' plan through age 26, those children are generally responsible for their own bills.

Last year, China produced 101 new billionaires. But some tycoons are falling from grace — whether due to corruption, debt or their own bad investments.

Also: Kenya's president takes the oath of office for a second term; President Trump will visit Capitol Hill today; and the Bali volcano keeps erupting.

Unnecessary or needlessly expensive care costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Patients, employers and taxpayers are footing the bill.

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.

Now in her 80s, Anna Konopka has been practicing medicine for decades and has never used electronic records. After record-keeping complaints, she surrendered her license. The case wound up in court.

Last year, every graduating senior at Ballou High School got into college. A WAMU and NPR investigation shows that many of those students missed more than a month of school and struggled academically.

Pope Francis is in Myanmar where he voiced support for ethnic minorities, but did not mention the persecuted Muslim Rohingya by name. This, in comments to leader Aung San Suu Kyi, disappointed rights activists seeking support for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence.

The delicate art of paper folding is playing a crucial role in designing robotic artificial muscles that are startlingly strong. The design uses a soft material and could be safer around humans.

Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the first man to face justice over the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, was convicted on terrorism charges, but was acquitted of murder.