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The secretive and bloody industry is booming around the country, enjoying underground popularity despite being banned in all 50 states.

People in Vietnam are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.

Local police and emergency services in the U.S. have been preparing for a new reality: a strategic attack by terrorists who use diversionary tactics to maximize chaos and death.

Iraqi forces are engaged in battle for Ramadi, trying to drive out ISIS fighters that overtook the Iraqi city earlier this year. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Alice Fordham about the offensive.

Opposition to new firearm restrictions has sparked a second small town in central Illinois to consider a resolution inspired by several so-called gun…

Iraqi forces say they have wrested control of Fallujah from Islamic State militants after nearly 5 weeks of intense fighting. The militant group has controlled the city for the past 2 ½ years.

Tens of thousands of tourists arrive in Rio this week for Friday's opening of the Olympics amid a surge in crime, concerns over Zika, and reports that the host city might not be ready for prime time.

Birmingham, Ala., has a complicated relationship with racism. Some of the most notable events from the Civil Rights era took place in the city. Now, there's renewed debate about the fate of the city's Confederate monuments.

Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the curfew amid unrest after the fatal police shooting of the 27-year-old Black man. The city's police commissioner says bodycam footage will be released "in the near future."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater about Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's resignation on Thursday.