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The Dominican Republic sends more players to MLB than any other country. That's a boon for the local economy — but it's also sparked controversy.

Our Peace Corps correspondent, in northern Ghana, reports that what used to seem unusual is now not so unusual anymore.

The idea is this: Negotiate a flat price with a few hospitals to cover surgery, physical therapy and certain other treatments. Companies save money and hospitals gain patients.

The UK's decision to withdraw from the European Union has angered many Scots, who voted to remain. Scottish politicians and ordinary people are now talking about holding another independence referendum that would split the United Kingdom.

Jocko Fajardo grew up in Arizona eating Mexican food. But his go-to comfort dish is a Chinese-American classic with a little Mexican thrown in. He tells us how the dish came to his family.

The week brought many surprises: Sen. John McCain's vote killed the GOP health care repeal effort, a new "foul-mouthed" White House communications director and the ouster of the chief of staff.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Republican commentator Michael Graham of The Weekly Standard about his thoughts on the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the GOP's response.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Republican political consultant Katie Packer of Burning Glass Consulting, who was Mitt Romney's deputy campaign manager in 2012, about GOP skirmishes over immigration.

Tea drinking has long been synonymous with female tittle-tattle. Though men drank as much tea and gossiped as avidly as women, it was the latter who got stuck with the bad rap.

Yotam Ottolenghi and his partner have a thriving food empire that includes wildly successful cookbooks. We go inside their London test kitchen as recipes are put through their paces.