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Like New Orleans, San Francisco suffered mass destruction from a natural disaster when the great earthquake of 1906 left much of the city in ruins. Today, some experts worry that history may repeat itself should a major quake occur along the Hayward Fault, which runs beneath some of the Bay Area's most populated regions.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from the boundary line of the Russian-controlled area in northern Georgia, which saw heavy fighting during the 2008 Russian invasion.

Though Mat Johnson's home wasn't flooded in the recent hurricane, the roads around him were. He had to pass these roads to make sure his elderly mother got the care she needed.

Donald Trump is now the most favored son of the Republican Party in a year when history favors the party's chances of winning the White House.

This week marks the anniversary of the 1937 massacre, in which Dominican soldiers targeted Haitians living near the Dominican-Haitian border. A team from NPR's Latino USA gathered survivors' memories.

The Tripoli office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says, "Densely populated residential areas are gradually turning into battlefields." The city has been under attack since April 4.

Drug industry veteran Moncef Slaoui is a key figure in Operation Warp Speed's push to develop COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. His employment terms raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

The GOP-controlled Senate failed to advance a Democratic resolution led by New York freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that calls for the U.S. to reach zero net carbon emissions within 10 years.

Threats to health workers are prompting a radical rethink of the Ebola strategy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.