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Just drums and clarinets comprise Linares, Mexico's unique form of music. We visit the quaint, sleepy city four hours south of the Texas bor...

An emerging film festival in Lagos, Nigeria, is trying to change the stories mainstream Nigerian films tell.

Early Tuesday morning, almost the entire island of Puerto Rico was hit with a blackout, leaving more than a million people without power. Of...

Syrian refugees in Turkey are considering whether to return home following the overthrow of the Syrian dictator, Bashar a-Assad. But many re...

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said...

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized by Hayat Tahri...

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic storm.(Image credit...

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the caus...

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be the cause and...

Conservationists are getting better at monitoring the movement of the highly endangered Right Whale. They hope it will help encourage ships...

President Biden signed significant legislation that his backers say will leave a lasting impact. And, north Gaza's last major hospital has b...

Throughout 2024 negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas were on again and off again. There were moments of great optimism and...

It's almost the new year, which means states nationwide will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to prenatal leave.(Image cr...

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting.

NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021.(Image credit: Hokyoung Kim for NPR...

Watching a huge ball descend down a pole in Times Square has been a beloved New Year's Eve tradition for over a century. Here's how the spec...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to the director-general of the World Health Organization, about medical access in Gaza. He also narrowly escaped an...

India's opposition coalition gained ground this year following a weeks-long election. But are they ready to challenge ruling BJP's prominenc...

Many worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster as it grapples with a leadership vacuum after the impeachmen...

Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral services will span six days, three cities and multiple places of significance from his life.(I...

A Supreme Court ruling eliminated the requirement of sheltering homeless people in some states. Advocates worry the ruling also motivates ci...

Eyewitness testimony from several prisoners held for years in Syria's most notorious prison tell NPR about systematic executions. They recal...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison la...

The Nobel Peace Prize winner devoted himself to improving the health of people around the world, promoting democracy and resolving global co...

An Argentine judge ordered pretrial detention for two of the charged for suppling Payne with drugs. Prosecutors had filed initial charges ag...