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A parks worker puts up a closed sign at the entrance to Mount Tamalpais State Park in Mill Valley, Calif., Friday Feb. 24, 2023.

California braces for winter storms as parts of the northern U.S. recover

Major winter storms continue to hit parts of the U.S. — upending travel, closing roads, and leaving thousands of households in the dark.

This aerial view shows residents searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, Syria

Photos: A devastating earthquake hits Turkey and Syria

Search-and-rescue efforts are underway as the death toll began soaring after a powerful earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday.

Photos: A devastating earthquake hits Turkey and Syria

Search-and-rescue efforts are underway as the death toll began soaring after a powerful earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday.

Gas is pumped into a vehicle at a gas station in Miami on Jan. 23, 2023. A rise in gas prices caused inflation to increase in January when compared to December. Gas prices remain volatile, making the outlook for inflation more uncertain.

Inflation eased again in January – but there's a cautionary sign

Annual inflation cooled in January for the seventh month in a row. But price increases accelerated between December and January, fueled by rising shelter, food and gasoline prices.

Two busloads of migrants were also sent to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's home in September.

Busloads of migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve

It appears to be the latest action in an escalating battle between some state governors, and the federal government, over immigration policy.

Two young German-Jewish refugees at the porthole of the liner St. Louis finally arrive at Antwerp, after being refused entry to Cuba and Miami prior to the start of World War II.

Opinion: A Holocaust remembrance — and lessons we have yet to learn

NPR's Scott Simon wonders why teaching children about the Holocaust is not mandatory in most states and the lessons they are missing.

Residents look out from barriers around the recently locked down Haizhu district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.

In southern China, residents revolt against COVID-19 controls

Unverified videos show people breaking down barriers and marching through streets in Guangzhou as frustration boils over about China's strict COVID-19 controls.

This photo composite shows Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, left, and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker. The two are competing in a U.S. Senate runoff, which concludes Tuesday.

Almost $80 million is spent on TV ads for Georgia's 4-week Senate runoff

And spending by groups supporting Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has more than doubled contributions from groups backing Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in other papers authored by his lab.

Stanford president resigns after fallout from falsified data in his research

A scientific panel found that Marc Tessier-Lavigne did not directly have a hand in falsifying data, but that he did not properly oversee members of his lab who did.

In this handout image supplied by the European Space Agency on July 16, 2008, the Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, is pictured from ESA's Mars Express.

Here is the first livestream from Mars — a rare, almost real-time look into space

On Friday afternoon, spectators had a chance to see the most current images of Mars possible — which take 3 to 22 minutes to reach Earth — courtesy of the European Space Agency.

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