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In eastern Kentucky, search and rescue crews continue the painstaking job of looking for victims of flash flooding. More than three dozen people have died and the death toll is expected to go higher.

Teachers and students in parts of Kentucky are reckoning with heavily damaged schools and a delayed start to the school year after deadly flash floods inundated the region last month.

A trial was set to begin in Minnesota court for former officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng. In a turnabout, Kueng will plead guilty to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Floyd.

When is a dunk more than a dunk? When it's wrapped up in proving yourself to your entire high school.

Russia says its air defenses intercepted at least 24 Ukrainian drones a day after it launched its largest drone strike on the Ukrainian capital of the war.

Book programs for freshmen — and sometimes a whole campus or community — are meant to spark discussion and unity. This year's picks at eight U.S. schools range from chilling nonfiction to poetry.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Bryant of the Gun Violence Archive, which has been keeping track of all known instances of gun violence in America since 2013.

The European Space Agency has released a chart of the exact positions of many stars in the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies. But the map only shows a small fraction of what's out there.

Tens of thousands are without power, and the flooding caused massive damage in eastern Kentucky.

Here are some of the best entries in NPR's 2025 College Podcast Challenge.

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talks to Americans about how their lives have changed under President Obama. Here's what he heard from a group of travelers he met in Paducah, Kentucky.

A new album, American Counterpoints, reasserts the importance of two 20th century Black composers whose work has been neglected.

FEMA plans to roll out an improved application process for disaster victims in March. Many hope it will simplify a complex system that's preventing some from getting help.

A historic rainfall event has left communities across several Missouri counties underwater and prompted water rescues, including an evacuation of a summer camp.

http://66.225.205.104/CT20070523.mp3Two Part Show We'll visit with organizers and artists of two new theatre festivals in our region. Pi Productions is in…

Actress LaChanze portrays the central character Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. Like Celie, LaChanze has overcome hardship and challenges in her own life, as she tells Ed Gordon.

What's driving the sales behind this polarizing and deadly product?

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120214.mp3 Russia The Next Energy Superpower? Today's guest believes that America's old Cold War enemy, Russia, could be rising…

Watch the band perform "Red Shifting," one of the products of a marathon songwriting session.

Brazil is on course to become the world's next agricultural superpower. The South American nation may soon surpass the United States in the production of soybeans, and some say the ecological changes are contributing to a longer rainy season in Brazil, and are contributing to the greenhouse effect.