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The Treasury Department prepares for the worst if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Colorado River states announce a breakthrough water sharing deal. TikTok sues Montana over its new law banning the app.

Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Mich., has causing a major public health crisis and prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency. This is how it unfolded.

Heller's 2012 novel about a man who survives a super flu that kills most of humanity is now being adapted to film. Adventure writer Heller drew from his own life. Originally broadcast in 2012.

In 2019, the Urban Institute spent time in the River Valley to try to understand the causes of food insecurity in the region. The organization found one…

Bill Clinton's presidential library opens in Little Rock, Ark., providing a home for millions of records and a research center for scholars. President Bush and former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Clinton himself commemorate the opening. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

The Department of Justice says the federal government is investigating claims that Texas state troopers were directed to push migrant children and other vulnerable people back into the river.

Nebraska officials face millions of dollars in repairs after floods inundated parts of the state. Repairs to bridges and highways could take months or years to finish.

Thirty miles from Washington, D.C., lies one of the largest collections of shipwrecks in the world. Now, these WWI-era vessels are attracting tourists and federal investment.

Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.

The accident, 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilling into a river, took place at a power plant in a city north of the Arctic Circle. Local officials face criminal charges for their slow response.