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A businessman in a rural Chinese province is building the life-size Titanic which will be the centerpiece of a theme park. The local government is flooding the site with cash, hoping to draw tourists.

As a child, Kennedy Odede lived on the streets of a Kenyan slum. Now he is a social activist and best-selling author.

David Greene talks to Lee Busby, who has thrown his hat in the ring for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama as a write-in candidate. The election is less than two weeks away.

We're investigating reports of an explosion near New York City's Port Authority. We're in the very early moments of this story.

The Thomas Fire is now the fifth-largest fire in modern California history. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with battalion chief Fred Burris about what battling this wildfire is like.

The Alabama Republican claimed election fraud was "sufficient to overturn the outcome." But Secretary of State John Merrill said his office found that several fraud claims that circulated were "lies."

David Greene talks to Jonathan Terrell, founder of the consulting firm KCIC, about running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days to raise money for pediatric mental health.

The Guajataca dam in northern Puerto Rico suffered a major breach in its emergency spillway. At one point up to 70,000 people were in immediate danger. The Army Corps of Engineers thinks it can fix the breach, but the dam is not secure and is yet another example of Puerto Rico's crumbling infrastructure that is barely standing after Hurricane Maria hit the island.

Last night was one of the worst in U.S. men's soccer history. An embarrassing loss to Trinidad and Tobago means the team will not make the World Cup for the first time since 1986. What happens now?

A monthly concert series in Cleveland is about to mark three years. But you’ve likely never heard of it. That’s because Sofar Sounds’ performances are...