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"Losing so many kids is just devastating," Mayor Jim Kenney said. The four smoke alarms in the building did not appear to have been working, fire officials said.

As flooding continues in some parts of the Carolinas, people have been living in shelters for two weeks with little chance of going home anytime soon.

NPR's Noel King talks to Sarah Menkedick, author of Ordinary Insanity, about her recent essay in The Washington Post: How the coronavirus pandemic actually eased my anxiety.

The Brazilian government has proposed a 2% global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people in the world.

Chris Cline, a West Virginia native who came to be called the King of Coal, was en route to Florida when the copter went down in the waters off Grand Cay.

Scientists use a new gene-editing technique to prevent mice destined to go deaf from losing their hearing. (This piece initially aired Dec. 20, 2017 on All Things Considered).

The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia rose Friday to nine. One person remained missing, according to forensic police.

"We know it's happening. We need change. We demand better," an 11-year-old girl said at a march in Thailand. Protesters are calling for net-zero carbon emissions and other changes.

As Santa Rosa begins rebuilding from the wildfires, the city will have to address the alarming trend of sprawl in to fire-prone areas. It's a little-discussed aspect of the state's housing crisis.

The remark made less than a month before Israeli legislative elections prompted many people — including Israel's president and the star of Wonder Woman —to defend Israel's Palestinian Arab minority.