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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are trying to determine what caused the crash of Asiana Flight 214. The Boeing 777 was flying from South Korea to San Francisco on Sunday with 307 passengers on board.

The al-Qaida affiliated extremist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu that has killed at least 10 people.

Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to wipe out the country's shantytowns -- destroying thousands of homes and small businesses in the process. U.N. officials estimate the crackdown has left more than 200,000 people homeless.

Herman Andaya has faced increasing scrutiny following last week's fires in Lahaina that killed more than 110 people. He's defended his decision not to activate emergency sirens as the town burned.

If you want people to slim down, why not reward them with gold? That's the tack being taken in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. For every kilogram lost, the government will pay out a gram of gold.

Lynda Trang Dai, known as the "Vietnamese Madonna," performs around the world. Back home in California, she's got a different starring role: she's the only one to whip up her sandwiches' secret sauce.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Meghan Neville, an American based in Ukraine who is fleeing the country as tension escalates over a possible Russian incursion.

In Brazil on New Year's Day, a congressman from the far right will be sworn in as president. His rise to power has created deep divisions among Brazilians, symbolized by one particular incident.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Heidi Hisrich, a public high school teacher who has decided she'd rather resign than teach in person this upcoming school year.

Luz Vargas' son was home alone on the day of the Maui fire while she, her husband, and their middle son were at work. They raced home to save him but he died in the fire.