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A German court has ruled that cities may bans diesel cars in order to bring down emissions levels.

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Elisabeth Malkin, a reporter with The New York Times, about the powerful earthquake that hit shortly before midnight local time off the coast of southern Mexico.

Detective Joseph Seals, 40, a father of five, had served with the Jersey City Police Department for 15 years. The dead included the two suspected gunmen.

The tornado injured at least 22 people and caused extensive damage to many properties. Officials attribute the relatively low number of casualties in part to social distancing and business shutdowns.

Three 20-somethings have created the volunteer-based group Invisible Hands to deliver groceries and supplies to at-risk older people in New York City.

Teju Cole's debut novel, Open City, follows Julius, a half-Nigerian and half-German doctor, as he wanders the streets of New York. Julius struggles to understand his identity as an immigrant, an experience the author himself is familiar with.

Mexicans donned masks and stayed home Sunday, as that nation tries to slow the spread of the new swine flu virus.

The Iraqi military, with help from the U.S. and Iran, now holds most of Tikrit after a month of heavy fighting with the Islamic State. NPR's Alice Fordham visited and says the city is still volatile.

Residents of Khabarovsk, a Russian city on the Chinese border, have held protests against the arrest of a popular governor for more than a week. The demonstrations signal growing discontent in Russia.

After a surge in violence in the Congolese city of Beni, the World Health Organization and UNICEF have decided to temporarily pullout non-essential staff from the Ebola hotspot.