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It used to be the most populous city and the business capital of Syria. Now it's a symbol of urban devastation that's the focus of the country's five-year-old war.

A day after police pulled two of Ryan Lochte's teammates off a U.S.-bound plane to discuss their alleged robbery, police say the swimmers admit the story was a fabrication.

Developing countries have been invaded by 200-pound Nile perch, pretty flowers and beavers. A new study asks: What's the impact?

Also, if you're headed back to a physical workplace, how do you keep safe? And do you need to have a mask on all the time at work?

Billions of Indians face a strict lockdown. Those in quarantine have their own set of concerns about unsafe conditions.

The big unknown for Democrats is whether organizing from your laptop is just as effective as pounding the pavement.

Parents desperate to get their kids outdoors and offline are choosing wilderness schools for their kids, but poor, urban kids are missing out. Educators in Kingston, N.Y., are trying to change that.

Known as Yusuf since becoming a Muslim in the late '70s, the man who was Cat Stevens discusses Tea for the Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his now-50-year-old masterpiece.

The mother of seven, beloved in her community and by Notre Dame students, is a sparkling intellect who is likely more conservative than the man she clerked for and revered, Justice Antonin Scalia.

Emma Hurt of NPR member station WABE joins Scott Simon to discuss how voters in Georgia are feeling ahead of Election Day.