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Search-and-rescue efforts are underway after more than 1,000 are reported dead from a powerful earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday. The death toll is expected to rise.

A judge has appointed a special master to oversee the assets of ECOT—The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow—until the Ohio Supreme Court can decide its case over student enrollment, possibly as soon as next month. In that case, Ohio education officials say the online charter school owes the state $80 million after ECOT embellished its enrollment numbers, but the school contends it shouldn’t have to pay the money back after the state improperly changed the reporting criteria.

No country in the world is more dependent on its computers than the U.S., making it uniquely vulnerable to attack. One official tells NPR that the Pentagon has experienced an "explosion" of computer attacks, currently averaging about 5,000 each day. But is the country ready to wage a cyberwar?

The Iranians allegedly carried out cyberattacks against U.S. financial institutions between 2011 and 2013. One of them is accused of remotely accessing the control system of a small dam in Rye, N.Y.

Some surgeries are being postponed due to a lack of nursing staff.

Criticizing President Trump, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sees increased risk in dangers to humanity, from the proliferation of nuclear weapons to climate change.

Polls are closing in Virginia, Indiana, Georgia, Vermont, Kentucky and South Carolina. Georgia is a reliably Republican state that could be close this year.

In a move that marks the end of an era, destruction of the country's last chemical weapons stockpile starts this summer in Kentucky. It comes after years of debate over how to do it safely.

Outside groups have spent nearly $1 billion to boost Republican Senate candidates. Almost 90%, in fact, of pro-GOP TV ads are paid for by outside groups, compared to 55% for Democrats.

Six months into his job as the CEO of the Columbus Zoo, we’ll speak with Tom Schmid about the actions he’s taking to regain the zoo’s status and restore its reputation.