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From an economic standpoint, China does not need World Bank loans. So why is it still a top borrower?

People in Ellicott City, Md., are surveying the damage to their homes and businesses after a historic flash flood raged through the city — the second in as many years. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mark Hemmis, whose restaurant Phoenix Emporium was badly damaged back in 2016 and again on Sunday.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan about President Trump's U.K. visit and the Khan's decision to allow a giant baby blimp of Trump to be flown over the city on Friday.

Because his profits are tied to rain and snow, one Oregon rancher will have to pay thousands to haul water and grass to his cattle in the mountains. And the land just continues to become more parched.

A new poll from the University of Maryland shows Americans are increasingly supportive of a one-state solution in Israel. NPR's Michel Martin interviews Professor Shibley Telhami about the findings.

Young people who grew up in small towns feel a calling to come home and help revitalize those communities, including by opening craft breweries.

Several species of parrots in Southeastern Peru regularly gather at a cliff face in the Amazon basin to eat clay. So do other animals, including humans.

Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe to her swearing-in ceremony, and women responded on social media with photographs of themselves wearing the elaborate embroidered Palestinian dress.

For Facebook, 2018 has been marked by persistent scandals. Noel King talks to author Anand Giridharadas about the latest privacy scandal, and why little has changed for the tech giant.

Police believe the attacker who killed three people before being shot to death acted alone and was "inspired by international terrorism."