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Colombia's peace deal with FARC guerrillas has sparked a battle among criminal gangs seeking to take over the lucrative illegal drug trade.

The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved the city's bid to become the 32nd active franchise in the NHL. The team expects to take the ice for the first time in 2021.

More than two dozen people are confirmed dead in flooding that's inundated parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Emergency workers are continuing to search for the missing, but more rain is expected.

Sierra Leone is one of three West African nations hard hit by the Ebola virus. Officials have declared a public health emergency to try to stop the spread of Ebola.

NPR looks back at a chaotic week at the White House as it grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has affected key staff members and sent others to work from home.

Humans aren't the only ones facing consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

In New Mexico, the cremated remains of the state's deceased indigents often enter a state of limbo. Many spend years on county storage shelves. But country officials are now trying to give these remains a grave, a headstone and a public memorial service.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Holly Bailey of The Washington Post about protesters in Minneapolis who have taken to the streets for a second night after a black man died in police custody.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced a civil rights investigation into the Louisville police force in a city still reeling from the death of Breonna Taylor last summer.

In many places, homecoming celebrations feel more meaningful this year. At one high school in Washington, D.C., homecoming was the largest event hosted by administrators since the pandemic started.