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A fire in Avalon, Miss., destroyed the museum dedicated to singer and guitarist John Hurt, and erases one of the last sites marking the community's history as a formerly all-Black town.

Technical Metals Inc. in Fairbury is a 55-year-old family business that provides grinding, welding and other metal services to heavy equipment manufacturers.

At a time when fewer people say they are practicing Catholics, church leaders are hoping an American pope may turn that around.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

Two people were killed and 10 injured in an explosion at the sprawling U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works in Western Pennsylvania.

Redbone's career was defined by biographical mystery and a musical ear obsessed with the sounds of yesteryear. He also sang the theme to Mr. Belvedere.

Heavy rain is expected to return to Southern California Friday after flash flooding, power outages and mudslides pummeled the region during the week.

Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who allowed far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December, now faces charges of official misconduct and criminal trespass.

As many as a dozen deaths may be tied to the heat, worrying folks who organize support services for the homeless community.