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The president told an energetic audience he "will not rest" until the city's water is safe to drink. A federal state of emergency has been declared as a result of lead leaching into Flint's water.

They were ranked the No. 1 team going into the summer Olympics, and the U.S. women's gymnastics team did not disappoint. Led by Simone Biles, they took the gold in Tuesday's team competition in Rio.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to reporter Jennifer Glasse who is based in Kabul about the attack on the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Many hill towns in central Italy were reduced to rubble by this week's powerful earthquake. Many devastated communities are difficult to reach, and the exact number of missing persons isn't known.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Julian Borger, author of The Butcher's Trail, about the trial of Bosnian war criminal Radovan Karadzic which ended this week in The Hague.

Is the Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Marching Band still marching? Forty years ago today the band led the First Annual WEBN-FM Fool's Day Parade, on what...

For millions around the world, it's the invisible microbes and parasites that can turn their daily drinking water into a dangerous elixir.

Composer and keyboardist Bernie Worrell played funk, soul, and broke genres as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and a performer with Talking Heads. Worrell died Friday at the age of 72.

New York authorities said the 29 people injured in an explosion Saturday night in Manhattan have all been released from hospitals.

A lawyer for the family of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail cell last year, says the deal includes changes to jail procedures. However, Texas officials said any deal was not yet final.