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Investigators are trying to understand why a massive cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. Six people are now presumed dead in what investigators believe was an accident.

Native American tribes and museums are on a four-year count down That's the time left to decide how to repatriate Native American human remains and other cultural items to the appropriate parties

In the aftermath of the deadly floods, Texas lawmakers are reassessing a bill they killed weeks ago to beef up emergency alert systems and vowing to have more in place by the next camping season.

How does the power vacuum in Gaza complicate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Stephen Farrell, co-author of "Hamas: The Quest For Power."

The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.

NPR correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of wartime Sudan's few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.

Clint Bentley's intimate historical drama, Train Dreams, is set in the age of the steam locomotive and westward expansion, and centers on a logger in the Pacific Northwest.

In Jamaica, survivors of Hurricane Melissa describe losing everything as the storm's fury lays bare the island's new climate reality.

Hurricane Melissa has put Jamaica gone through "one of its worst periods." Now the recovery begins.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, wriggling maggots and hairy caterpillars aren't pests — they're prized food — sold by the tub, fried with chili, and celebrated for their nutrition.