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Milwaukee is at the top of the list violent cities, with a 76 percent increase in homicides. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn.

The town of Naraha, which had 7,400 residents, was evacuated in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that triggered the release of radiation at the power plant.

Terrified of frequent suicide attacks and fed up with a plummeting economy, Iraqis see the mass migration in Europe as a chance to get out of the country.

Two tow boats hit each other near Columbus, Ky., on Wednesday. One of them released an unknown quantity of potentially toxic clarified slurry oil.

Two people have been arrested in the bombing of the Erawan shrine in Bangkok last month that killed 20 people. But authorities now say neither is the prime suspect.

People who are sad have a harder time seeing yellow and blue, an experiment finds, but they can see green and red just fine. It might have something to do with dopamine receptors in the brain.

Poland is a staunch U.S. ally, but it's not included in a program that waives visa requirements for visitors. Some argue this presents an expensive hurdle that keeps many from traveling to America.

Phil Edwards, a writer at Vox.com, investigated his losing streak with popular claw machine games — and found they might be rigged. NPR's Arun Rath looks into the situation.

Now that Ireland has turned its economy around, some politicians point to its success as a model of the policy of economic austerity. But that's not how it feels to many people living there.

The annual pillow fight among freshmen at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point took a violent turn this year, with 30 injuries caused by cadets stuffing pillows with helmets and other hard objects.