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Four years ago, an earthquake heavily damaged Port-au-Prince and killed more than 200,000 people. Many areas of the Haitian capital now look much like they did before the 7.0-magnitude quake. But nearly 150,000 are still living in temporary structures.

Several large wildfires are burning throughout California and the largest is the Carr Fire which is so unpredictable, authorities say they've been issuing evacuation orders pretty liberally.

The Senate GOP leader told NPR in an interview that nothing he heard in a secret briefing changed his mind about the integrity of the Russia and Justice Department probes. "I support both," he said.

Sri Lanka is in a deep economic and humanitarian crisis. A big contributing factor? Its central bank is running dangerously low on foreign currency reserves.

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. While it's widely known as the critical turning point of the Civil War, the small Pennsylvania town has seen many other battles since then — over how the historic site should be preserved and remembered.

The United States isn't the only country troubled by how to mark leaders of a divisive and racist past. South Africa is also examining what to do with statues to its apartheid-era leaders.

A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.

Even with gas prices at record highs, people are not flocking to mass transit in urban areas. Public transportation has a lot of work to do to lure people back.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are starting to wrap up the state budget, a week after the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended.

An Oklahoma Senate bill that prohibits "the manufacture or sale of food or products which use aborted human fetuses" has some folks scratching their heads, and wondering if it's real.