Some of the worst Hurricane Milton flooding came from torrential rains that swelled creeks and rivers. In Clearwater, Fla., over 500 people were rescued by boat from a creek-flooded apartment complex.

Vice President Harris faces continued criticism from some inside her own party about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. How are protest voters that showed up in Democratic primary elections feeling now?

Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...

Japanese prosecutors said they will not appeal the acquittal of an 88-year-old former boxer, who was the world’s longest-serving inmate sentenced to death until his release in 2014.

Hidden -- though not effectively -- in a lawsuit against Tiktok, there are accusations that company executives have deceived the public about the social media app’s effects on young people.

Civil society organizations are quietly undertaking unprecedented efforts to stave off possible election-related political violence. Many are focused on shoring up local communities against the worst.

An Israeli strike leveled an apartment building in central Beirut Thursday night, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 100.