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It's been nearly two weeks since Cyclone Idai hit southeastern Africa. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with reporter Tendai Marima about the devastation she's seen in Zimbabwe and how survivors are coping.

The first person buried in the historic Stearns Cemetery on Anderson Creek Road west of Talent, Ore., was Judge Avery P. Stearns. His nephew, David…

After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground.

An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.

The Holly Theater opened as both a stage and movie theater in Medford, Ore., on Aug. 29, 1930. The first performance was a local production that played to…

Close inspection of the tombstones in the cemetery located next to the church in the Josephine County ghost town of Golden reveals that none of them have…

The World War I film 1917won best picture at the Golden Globes Sunday night. The film tells the story of an urgent rush to the front lines, designed to look like one continuous shot.

In July 1914, a Boston artist and nature enthusiast, Joseph Knowles, came West, seeking the wildest place he could find to test his survival skills. Then…

Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.

The price tag comes in at roughly $1 trillion, with $550 billion in new spending over five years. The funding goes toward roads and bridges as well as broadband and electric vehicles.