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Israel is taking over large areas of Gaza and eyeing the entire southern swath of Rafah as a buffer zone.

Robbins dazzled readers with the whimsy and imagination in his books, including Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.

Mexico has severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador, after a Friday night police raid on its embassy in the capital Quito.

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based researchers, for their study of the institutional roots of wealth and poverty among nations.

Power is slowly coming back on in large swaths of Spain and Portugal after a power outage caused Monday afternoon chaos.

The percentage of Christians in the U.S. has dropped dramatically, though that loss may have leveled off in recent years.

Jackie Robinson, the first African-American baseball player in the major leagues, is the subject of an upcoming biopic. Chadwick Boseman plays the groundbreaking athlete in 42; he joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about what it felt like to take on a cultural hero.

Crawfish frog numbers are on decline due to habitat loss. But scientists in Indiana are working to return species to a historic site.

Authorities in Pakistan and India have been evacuating people from coastal areas ahead of the storm. Schools and government buildings have been converted into shelters.

Hear an update on Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and protest leader arrested by ICE over the weekend. A federal judge has halted his deportation.