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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the country's isolated interior on Monday, triggering landslides. Days later, rescuers are still working to reach some remote communities.

At least one team of scientists hopes to determine if hydroxychloroquine — touted by President Trump as a possible treatment for COVID-19 — could actually work to prevent the disease.

Downtown Waukesha was eerily quiet Monday morning, after an SUV plowed into the city's Christmas parade Sunday evening. Five people were killed and more than 40 were injured.

After weeks of public pressure, Puerto Rico's governor allowed some school cafeterias to provide meals for children during the pandemic. But many on the island say it's not enough.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Chris Kraus about her new novel, The Four Spent the Day Together.

A new book by the journalist Jessica Bruder describes the increasing number of Americans living on the road, often in RVs, moving from job to job as a way to avoid the expense of a permanent home. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Bruder about her book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.

But the country with the highest prevalence of modern-day slavery is Mauritania. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Walk Free Foundation, an anti-slavery group. The numbers are in line with previous estimates from the U.N. and the State Department.

Individuals and businesses are slashing air travel. For example, about 624,000 people passed through airport security checkpoints Thursday, compared to 2.4 million people on the same day last year.

Updated at 3:33 p.m. CTWisconsin’s presidential primary election held last month in the face of the coronavirus pandemic drew concern from doctors,…

On the 25th anniversary of the day the wall came down, Curt Nickisch of WBUR speaks to Germans about their memories of that time.