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For islands across the Philippines with spotty electricity, solar energy could be a game changer.

On Tybee Island, Ga., flooding is getting worse, and can even cut off residents from the mainland. The island is doing lots of things to control it, but some believe the island will one day disappear to the rising sea.

The Washington Nationals are World Series champions for the first time in the team's 15-year history.

What happens to the country's small oil resources — once a revenue stream for ISIS — will be important not to world oil markets but to the future of Syria itself, write Roger Diwan and Daniel Yergin.

The U.S. judge found that the Trump administration's rule violates the law in "numerous, fundamental, and far-reaching" ways. Critics said the rule prioritized providers over patients.

His radical combination of symphonic and popular music comes eight years after a controversial statement about the word "jazz."

The month-old "Sardines" movement in Italy is gaining momentum, drawing huge crowds of people rallying against racism and populism.

The presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the government, in so many words, to explain why the court should accept what it submits when it applies for warrants.

The order will extend a federal anti-discrimination law to include discrimination based on anti-Semitism. Some worry the policy will be used to stifle criticism of Israel on college campuses.

Monday's volcanic eruption killed at least 16 people, many of them tourists visiting White Island. Authorities have been trying to recover two more bodies, even under the threat of another eruption.

The queen will unveil the government's plans for the next year on Thursday. Her speech, which is written by the prime minister, is expected to reflect the agenda of Boris Johnson's government.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar has never been a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But she has been a diligent campaigner in Iowa and is drawing growing crowds.

The outbreak of a coronavirus that began in China is shining a spotlight on that country's growing connections to the global economy. The economic fallout is still very much a question mark.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Robert Klara, senior editor for Adweek, about the best and worst Super Bowl commercials — which are often more memorable than the big game itself.

Black History Month is here, and it's the perfect time to catch up on stories about the hidden heroes and buried history of black America.

Updated Jan. 22.A growing number of North Carolina counties are becoming so-called Second Amendment sanctuaries, including several in the Charlotte…

Michael Flynn, who held the post of national security adviser in the Trump administration for less than a month, was set to be sentenced on Jan. 28.

State environmental officials want to designate part of the west side of Davidson as an "asbestos watch area." But the renewed discussion about asbestos…

Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

The long-serving monarch named his successor, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who was sworn in as sultan Saturday. Under Qaboos, the tiny Middle Eastern state took on an outsize role in regional diplomacy.