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Ten years after the Boston Marathon bombing, Robert Wheeler is training for this year's race. He's one of dozens of runners who survived the tragedy and has continued to run Boston in the years since.

Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?

Many chanted slogans decrying Serbia's president, whom they blame for creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and division they say indirectly led to the two mass shootings that killed 17.

Across the country, fewer people are up for the task to be water rescuers at their local public pools and beaches. Last summer, the stubborn shortage led to beach closures and shortened hours.

The Canadian wildfire season has started early and already broken records, with toxic smoke drifting south to the U.S. and many air quality alerts in place.

An autopsy is scheduled Wednesday for Heath Ledger, a day after the 28-year-old actor was found dead at his New York apartment. Ledger's Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain was the highlight of a career filled with promise.

U.S. Sugar, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, announced Tuesday it will go out of business and sell about 300 square miles of Florida land to the state government. The decision is being called a major step to help restore the Everglades.

Coca-Cola, which owns Minute Maid, has announced it will discontinue its line of frozen juice concentrates, which have been a staple in many American homes over the past 80 years.

Extreme temperatures cause big problems for rescue helicopters. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Evans, a rescue pilot in California, about conditions in his state.

Supplies for government troops are said to be low, bodies of civilians remain in the streets and authorities banned journalists from the old city, which has been ruined in the battles.