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A competitor in Rio grew up poor in the islands, leaving home to live on the streets when he was 8. There's not even a running track there. Now he's competing in the 400-meter hurdles.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with journalist Mark Dent, who wrote a story called "Is Domino's Pizza Inflation Proof?"

Two wildfires have swept across 100,000 acres in Northern California, prompting evacuations and an emergency declaration by Gov. Jerry Brown. Fire officials have confirmed at least one death.

As the cost of living rises, volunteers fill a crucial role cutting downed trees into firewood for people who rely on woodstoves to heat their homes. "Wood Banks" in Maine are seeing more demand.

Albuquerque is home to the biggest flamenco gathering in the world outside Spain. One family has a lot to do with New Mexico embracing the art form.

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.

Most Lahaina structures lost were homes, but the Na'Aikane o Maui Cultural and Research Center held artifacts of Native Hawaiian history and was a gathering place for the indigenous community.

Actress Shelley Duvall, 75, known for her roles in The Shining and a number of Robert Altman’s films, died at her home in Texas of complications related to diabetes, her partner Dan Gilroy said.

A woman unable to schedule an abortion before her sixth week of pregnancy in her home state of South Carolina is suing — the latest challenge to the state's so-called "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amy Nordrum, executive director editor of the MIT Technology Review, about a few of the 10 breakthrough technologies for 2024.