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As Lebanese politicians scapegoat Syrian refugees, the government is ordering some of them to destroy their own makeshift homes.

Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A current MoMA exhibit explores the history of that house and shows how technology could make innovative design more affordable.

Officials Tuesday held a grand opening ceremony for the long-awaited Southwest Montana Veterans Home. Managers expect to ramp up resident capacity at the facility in coming months.

I know that gully. It’s full of secrets, hidden under the downfall, in the hawthorne trees, or in woodpecker holes that riddle the twisted old aspens. I...

Two Americans and a Briton working for the Middle East-based construction firm Gulf Services Company are kidnapped from their residence in Iraq. More than 120 foreigners have been kidnapped in the country. Hear NPR's Michele Norris talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the devastating losses and the inept government response, dominated the news cycle for a few months. But New Orleans residents' struggle to return home never stopped. Writer Daniel Wolff's new book follows several Crescent City characters as they rebuild after the disaster.

As Mexicans migrate to the United States, many are leaving their children behind in the care of extended families. That's causing problems in their home communities: children are doing poorly in school, dropping out and turning to criminal activity.

The formidable lyricist celebrates eight years of sobriety with this Tiny Desk home concert from his studio near Detroit.

Medicare compiles ratings of agencies' quality and of patients' perceptions. But the stars assigned by the government often don't align.

The counter-culture author Hunter Thompson, who popularized a new form of personalized journalism, has died. He was 67. Thompson wrote the 1972 classic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the tale of a drug-abusing journalist and his lawyer visiting a motocross race.