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Senate leaders are expected to announce that they have reached an agreement to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.

Patients fall in just a small fraction of hospital visits. But safety experts say bad falls should be called "never events" and shouldn't ever happen inside hospitals. There's a difference of opinion over the best way to reduce hazardous falls.

Applying to college is stressful at the best of times. But technical flaws in the online Common Application, used by hundreds of colleges, have sparked panic among some high school seniors. With deadlines approaching, some schools are making backup plans — like a return to mail or even faxed applications.

The campaign to label foods containing genetically modified organisms is gaining ground in some parts of the U.S. But GMO ingredients are found in some 70 percent of foods we buy in the U.S. Would a ubiquitous GMO label scare off consumers, or would they learn to accept it and buy anyway?

President Obama has signed legislation that ends the partial government shutdown and raises the U.S. debt ceiling. The Office of Management and Budget says federal employees should report to work Thursday. But it will take some time until all the agencies are back up to speed.

After two weeks of not working, furloughed employees are expected to be back at the job Thursday. But that might not be that simple.

The family of the convicted drug smuggler found him still breathing in a morgue after he was hanged last week.

Host Michel Martin continues her conversation with regional newspaper editors on what news is grabbing their readers' attention.

Since the shutdown, the eight-week-old cub at the National Zoo has put on 2 pounds and opened both eyes.

A tax on medical devices stays in place, as does financial help for health coverage for staffers in Congress and the executive branch. One putative win doesn't amount to much. Legal language that would require the government to certify it's verifying the income of people getting subsidies is largely redundant.