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Local leaders in at least 30 states are taking a defiant stance against threats by the incoming Trump administration to deport immigrants living illegally in local communities.

Some cities are balking at spending big money on treatment projects to keep sewage out of waterways. Washington, D.C., considered canceling a project to protect the Potomac River.

An attack on Medina has particular significance in a country whose ruler is known by the title Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

Eight families fled the war and traveled 5,000 miles to Brazil to live in a town settled by Ukrainians over a century ago. The language and customs — and kindnesses — have eased their transition.

In South Africa, a nonprofit organization is rebooting a popular soap opera that once dramatized and educated viewers about HIV and AIDS. It's only part of their feminist mission.

Dozens of cities have ambitious plans to get their electricity from clean or renewable sources. But those goals can clash with power providers, whose priority remains economics, not climate change.

Music producers Lance and April Ledbetter talk about curating their new anthology, which collects the flip sides of the 78s Smith chose for his 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music.

A handful of states and cities are rethinking police traffic stops. They want to reduce or eliminate what critics have long called "fishing expeditions" that disproportionately affect people of color.

At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint — they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.

Multiple states and cities have declared states of emergency as snow has covered parts of states from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. NPR's Jennifer Ludden has an update.