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Residents of Mykolaiv collect clean water from a distribution station set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross on Oct. 1.

A Ukrainian city struggles after Russian forces blew up its water supply

Russian missiles ruptured Mykolaiv's pipelines. They stretch across territory under Russian control, making it impossible for municipal workers to repair them. With winter coming, worries are rising.

Emmett Till's statue reflects the afternoon sun, during its unveiling on Friday in Greenwood, Miss.

A statue of Emmett Till is unveiled in Mississippi

Hundreds of people applauded as Greenwood, Miss., unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen in 1955.

Sandbags are distributed at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday ahead of subtropical storm Nicole.

Tropical Storm Nicole churns toward the Bahamas and Florida

The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. It's headed for parts of the Bahamas and Florida that are still feeling the effects of previous hurricanes.

Members of the Thai navy row a Royal barge on the Chao Phraya River in front of Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok. Siriraj, a public hospital, was founded by the royal family more than a century ago to provide free care to the Thai people.

Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage

Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care.

Black demonstrators run down a Natchez, Miss., street in 1967 after a report that several white youths with a gun were near. The town's civil rights past informs author Greg Iles' crime fiction.

Writer Plumbs 'Nature Of Evil' In Hometown's Violent Civil Rights Past

Greg Iles sets his thrillers in the antebellum river city of Natchez, Miss. His latest book, Natchez Burning, pulls from true stories of the racial violence that gripped the state 50 years ago.

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was conceived in the 1940s and completed in the 1960s. It was designed to symbolize the opening of the West. Here, it is shown under construction on June 17, 1964.

Gateway Arch 'Biography' Reveals Complex History Of An American Icon

The gleaming stainless steel arch in St. Louis is, officially, a monument to westward expansion. But in The Gateway Arch: A Biography, Tracy Campbell argues that the monument's meaning is more complicated. He tells NPR about the controversies, the clout and the costs behind the 630-foot structure.

Author Joel Goldman has found there's plenty of true crime to write about in the Kansas City metro area.

G-Man Fights Crime, And A Medical Disorder, In Kansas City

When Joel Goldman was diagnosed with a medical condition that makes him shake and stutter, he quit his law practice and started writing novels inspired by true crime in the Kansas City area. Eventually, he gave his disorder to FBI Agent Jack Davis, one of his main characters.

What we know and don't know about Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse

Rescue efforts have turned to recovery after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A federal investigation is underway as the region braces for a long and costly reconstruction.

A damaged statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in a central square in Sudzha, in the Kursk region of western Russia, on Aug. 16. Ukrainian troops say they've taken control of Sudzha, one of more than 80 towns and villages they've captured since a cross-border invasion of Russia on Aug. 6.

How the Ukraine-Russia war is playing out differently on 3 separate fronts

Ukraine is holding ground it seized inside Russia. Yet Ukraine is losing villages inside its own territory. And in the Black Sea, the Russian Navy has been forced to retreat.

Residents work hard to shovel the mud out of Marshall, N.C.'s natural grocery store. French Broad River, which runs through town, crested over 24 feet during Tropical Storm Helene. The river level has gone down, but left behind knee-deep sediment inside the buildings.

Shovel by shovel, N.C. towns dig out from Helene mud and debris

The small western North Carolina towns of Marshall and Hot Springs were wrecked by historic floods caused by Tropical Storm Helene's rainfall. Days later, residents are just starting the cleanup.

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