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Heavy rains have overwhelmed the border region in recent days, setting a deadly amount of mud and water in motion and claiming at least 140 victims, according to disaster management officials.

Rep. Mo Brooks tells NPR about how lawmakers and staffers at a Virginia baseball diamond helped Rep. Steve Scalise, who was shot by a gunman Wednesday morning.

A shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., injured several people, including a congressman. The FBI has taken over the probe into what happened.

It's one of the largest human rights class-action settlements in Australian history. The Manus Island camp, an all-male facility, has for years been blasted by rights groups for its conditions.

The SNL veteran used to ruminate over shows that didn't quite hit the mark; now he resists the urge to look back: "It's nice to be in this place where you can be very forward focused," he says.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Congressman Ron Barber about how Wednesday's congressional shooting resembles the attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in 2011.

London police confirm 12 dead, but fear a rising death toll from a fire overnight in a public housing high-rise where tenants had long complained of shoddy conditions.

In the wake of another spring legislative session that failed to produce a state budget, two ratings agencies have downgraded state universities including…

Massachusetts once offered a bounty for gray seals. After conservation efforts, the New England population bounced back, and Google Earth images show more seals than scientists had previously counted.

Before a gunman opened fire at a park in Virginia on Wednesday, residents were focused on morning workouts and getting coffee. Members of Congress were playing baseball. Then they all dove for cover.