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NPR's Robert Siegel speaks to Eduardo Mendoza, Direct Relief Mexico's general manager, about the response being coordinated with the impacted areas in Oaxaca and the rest of the country after the earthquake.

Talat Hamdani's son Salman died after the police cadet rushed to the fallen towers to help. The first responder was later wrongfully identified by police and the press as an accomplice in the attacks.

As the path of Hurricane Irma shifts westward, Fort Myers is bracing for a hit. NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Davis of member station WGCU in Fort Myers, Fla.

Amazon is setting out to find a location for a second headquarters, which should touch off intense competition among cities. The new HQ will bring along 50,000 high-paying jobs.

Three hundred years ago, England's embattled King George I decided to divert public attention from the country's woes with a big musical party on the River Thames.

A new study in JAMA Psychiatry looks at rates of alcohol use from 2002 to 2013. Alcohol use in general went up, and problem drinking — binging, abuse and dependence — increased even more.

As the trial ended its first week, the judge ruled that a former radio host couldn't prove the singer had set out to get him fired. Swift's suit accusing him of grabbing her during a photo op remains.

In March, the "She Decides" initiative announced $190 million for charities that would lose U.S. support under the Trump administration's anti-abortion policy. Since then, money has kept pouring in.

VPNs can be used to skirt China's "Great Firewall" of Internet censorship. China is among Apple's biggest markets, and the company has shown a willingness to comply with Beijing's demands.

For Joanna May Hunkins summertime means one thing: Cain Park. Hunkins’ mother, Sarah May, served as Cain Park's artistic director in the early 1970s, and she spent many of her summer vacations at the Cleveland Heights performance space as a camper, counselor, performer, director and whatever else needed to be done. When the position of artistic director became available this year she felt she was ready.