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People taking part in a demonstration in support of migrants called the 'Solidarity Day' gather at the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.

Merkel Says Allowing Migrants Into Germany 'Right Thing To Do'

The chancellor's remarks came even as her deputy warned that the country was reaching the limits of how many refugees it could absorb.

A Buddhist monk takes a photo on his phone at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.

Smartphones Bring Happiness And Headaches To Myanmar

There were half a million mobile subscribers five years ago. Now there are 22 million. And so the Burmese are getting a course in the pluses and minuses of technology.

A new report by a governor-appointed commission suggests ways for communities in St. Louis to move forward after the police killing of Michael Brown last summer. Here, Brown's father and other relatives pray at a memorial to Brown last month.

Ferguson Panel Outlines Possible Solutions To Community's Problems

"We have begun to build a problem-solving machine," say the members of a governor-appointed panel that has spent months identifying entrenched issues in Ferguson and St. Louis.

It's no accident that neighborhood schools are battlegrounds for so many of the pitched battles over race and place in America.

What We Lose When A Neighborhood School Goes Away

The fight over a closure of a struggling public high school in Chicago raises questions about what's disrupted and upended when a community loses one of its central institutions.

A law enforcement officer stands watch as emergency vehicles clog a road near Delta State University after an active shooter was reported in Cleveland, Miss., on Monday. One person died in the shooting and classes were cancelled.

Suspect In Delta State University Shooting Dead, Authorities Say

A deputy county coroner tells NPR that professor Eric Schmidt was shot in the head. Lamb is also a suspect in a woman's death.

Medicare Fails To Save Money So Far On Cooperative Care Experiment

Health care practitioners who band together can earn Medicare bonuses by saving money. Most of the groups decline potentially richer deals that include penalties for excessive spending.

Syrian refugees continue to arrive in Jordan, where they are greeted by authorities and sent to refugee camps and temporary settlements.

For Syrian Refugees, Needs Are Growing And Aid Is Declining

The U.N. refugee agency has received less than half the $4.5 billion needed to help Syrians who have fled to neighboring countries. As conditions worsen, many are opting to risk the journey to Europe.

The church of Our Lady Queen of Angels in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood closed in 2007, but parishioners still congregate outside the parish for service every Sunday.

'It's All About Church Closings': Catholic Parishes Shrink In Northeast, Midwest

Pope Francis is set to visit a Catholic school in New York City that used to have a sponsoring church. The parish was closed in 2007 in a region that has been a traditional Catholic stronghold.

A voter fills out her ballot in Las Vegas in 2004. A new report finds several states, including Nevada, have voting machines more than 10 years old, which are more likely to fail.

Report: America's Aging Voting Machines Could Present Election Problems

Almost every state bought new computerized voting equipment after the disputed 2000 election. But the machines are coming to the end of their useful lives, and there's little momentum to replace them.

A member of a search and rescue team scans a stream after a flash flood in Colorado City, Ariz. Officials say the bodies of two people killed in flash flooding in southern Utah were recovered in Arizona about two and a half miles downstream.

2 Separate Flash Floods In Utah Leave 16 Dead, 4 Missing

Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.

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