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In a country filled with ancient architecture and complex building and construction laws, preventing massive earthquake damage is a difficult and expensive task.

After years of opposition to the Syrian regime and a brutal siege, fighters and civilians are allowed to leave a town near Damascus — in essence to surrender.

In the remote mountains of the Japanese island of Shikoku, an old woman makes soba noodles by hand from locally grown buckwheat. It's ancient technique that is adapting to modern times.

The strongest earthquake in more than a century rattled North Carolina on Sunday, and it was felt as far away as Atlanta and parts of Tennessee.

A supporter of the debunked QAnon conspiracy theory has won the Republican primary for a Georgia congressional seat and is all but certain to win in November.

The Government Accountability Office says the acting leaders of the Department of Homeland Security were not legitimately appointed to their positions.

Prosecutors announce the charges Monday, nearly two decades after the Run-DMC DJ was shot and killed in a studio in New York City.

Chicago's popular tourist destination Navy Pier will soon close until spring because of the coronavirus. Because of pandemic restrictions, many of the attractions were already limited or closed.

Actor Chadwick Boseman died after battling colon cancer at the age of 43. Film-goers comment on his pivotal role as a Black actor in films that depicted Black heroes and superheroes.

Legendary musician Trini Lopez has died of coronavirus complications in a Palm Springs, Calif., hospital at the age of 83. NPR remembers his life and legacy.