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Prospects for gun control in the U.S. remain dim

The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz became an instant classic with the help of the music of composer Harold Arlen. Commentator Rob Kapilow says that one of the songs, in particular, stands out above the rest. He pays tribute to Arlen's "Over the Rainbow."

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is undertaking a project that could be called the ultimate in land recycling. Crews are dredging up mud that has clogged the bottom of the Illinois River near Peoria and shipping it up to Chicago, where it will become topsoil for a new park being built on the site of an old steel mill. NPR's David Schaper reports.

Vice President Pence went to Savannah, Ga., for its annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, while the Chicago River and the White House fountain were once again dyed green.

"Devastating." That's the only way Kary Story, Mayor of Pocahontas, can describe the record flooding coming to his city. The National Weather Service in...

Traffic to the town of Tyre is cut off after an Israeli air strike destroyed the bridge spanning the Litani River. But the aid group creates a human chain to deliver 4 1/2 tons of medical supplies to those in need.

Chigozie Obioma's novel follows a group of young boys who disobey their elders to spend afternoons fishing on the banks of an unlucky river, and the terrible consequences that flow from that choice.

We look at the latest out of India, where monsoon rains have caused deadly flooding and landslides.

After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline.

"Not my president." "Give him time." "Focus on the governance." These are the reactions from voters in the western edge of New York state, a region that reflects polarization found across the country.