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Defense officials say that the hospital ship USNS Comfort will now accept patients with Covid-19. And, the acting Navy secretary has resigned over his handling of a virus-stricken aircraft carrier.

Hurricane Delta, a 'major' category 3 storm, is expected to make landfall Friday evening in the same area Laura hit in August. Forecasters warn of a life-threatening storm surge and powerful winds.

Young people are often portrayed as struggling with debt, with stagnant salaries. NPR's Lisa Chow talks with a few college graduates about how they go about managing their finances.

The electoral triumphs of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte extend a Philippine political history that has long been dominated by politicians belonging to the same bloodlines.

What should happen to the remains of Black bodies of a cemetery paved over and forgotten on Staten Island? This graveyard has the remains of Benjamin Prine, an enslaved man who later became a patriot.

The scene at one hospital in Sichuan Province offers a glimpse at the human toll of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck 60 miles northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu.

The scenes from Haiti may look familiar, as heavily armed gangs trade fire and civilians cower in fear. But there is something different about this latest episode.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long mandated that all members maintain months of food and supplies — in part to help less-prepared neighbors.

Two years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, many have lost interest in seeking accountability for the botched police response.

In the narrow streets of the Sabra refugee camp in Beirut, there is an apartment without windows. It's a rather gloomy place for a kindergarten, but the only place available for 70 Syrian refugee children from cities like Aleppo, Homs and Deraa. A group of volunteers come to help the children overcome their traumas through music, drawing and theater classes once a week. Some kids don't speak for weeks when they first arrive to Lebanon. A recent U.N. report warned that a "lost generation" of Syrian children is growing. The organization Save the Children reports talks about mass destruction of schools and lack of schooling.