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Many of the city's residents already complain that the sounds are like a war zone on New Year's Eve. Imagine how that might affect asylum seekers who have just escaped from real wars.

Nigeria is again gripped by deadly religious violence. Friday night, a coordinated series of bomb and gun attacks ripped through the largest city in the nation's Muslim north. The attacks were claimed by a militant sect that seeks to impose Islamic law in Nigeria. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton.

The Town of Normal has collected more storm debris in less than a week than all the waste it hauled away in March.

Chicago is on the brink of choosing a new mayor in a runoff election this Tuesday, after incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost in the first round.

More information is emerging about the vast scale and loss of life in Libya as aid groups begin arriving after the storm and catastrophic flooding.

Two candidates are vying for the presidency in Ecuador's elections this weekend, amid rising violence, turf battles by drug cartels and gangs — and more reports of extortion, kidnappings and worse.

The National Archives Freedom Plane will make Kansas City its first stop on its national tour. The plane will carry some of America's most significant founding-era documents. The tour is in honor of America's 250th anniversary.

Severe winter weather is hammering the Midwest with snow and wind. This weekend a blast of bitter cold air will bring subzero temperatures.

The brutal decades-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is moving into a new phase, and the city of Goma is in the crosshairs of the violence.

It's been a big snow year in Anchorage, Alaska. The city reached 100 inches of snow earlier than ever before and sent notices to thousands of people warning of potential roof collapses.