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Residents stand amid damaged homes following Typhoon Rai in Talisay, Cebu province, central Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. The strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 villagers had fled to safety before the onslaught, officials said.

Desperation grows in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai

Rai is one of the most powerful storms to hit the southern Philippines on record. It's displaced more than 481,000 people and killed more than 150.

The Olympic flag and Russian flag seen during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.

With the Paris Olympics 18 months away, the debate over Russian athletes is back

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last February, the International Olympic Committee recommended bans on Russian athletes. Now, the IOC has reversed course, to the protest of Ukrainian officials.

Warmer temperatures are leading to emptier reservoirs across the West, such as Lake Oroville in Northern California.

The Drought In The Western U.S. Is Getting Bad. Climate Change Is Making It Worse

A record dry year is creating extreme drought in the West. But even if it rains, climate change will continue to shrink the water supply for millions of people.

Students sitting at desks in a classroom with a teacher at the front of the room

Stateside: Whitmer’s SOTU response; how black artists reframe history; long-term substitute teachers

Today on Stateside, Gretchen Whitmer will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday. We talk to two…

Deepa Shivaram

Deepa Shivaram is a multi-platform political reporter on NPR's Washington Desk.

Lead poisoning on the rise in Kent County

Lead poisoning in Kent County is up nearly 31% from 2014 to 2016.According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, 615 children in the…

Kehinde Adebajo, a beautician and barber, has been working in Balogun Market, the largest in Lagos, since he was 16. Now 56, he says it's never been tougher to earn a living: "So many people can't afford food or transport. We thank God for life, but the last few months have not been easy, everything has become expensive."

Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping?

When the government ended its fuel subsidy in May, the cost of gas, food and public transport all jumped. On buses, customers double up in seats — "lapping' they call it — to split a fare.

A supporter of U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., 18th Congressional District, wears a VOTE hair pin at Maloney's election night party.

Turnout among young voters was the second highest for a midterm in past 30 years

About 27% of voters between the ages of 18-29 cast a ballot in the midterm election this year, according to an early estimate.

An asylum-seeking migrant woman from Peru in a wheelchair is escorted through the border wall to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 21.

The future of migrants in El Paso remains uncertain as border restrictions continue

Migrants have traveled hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to the Mexican border in a search of a better life. Many are turning themselves over to U.S. border authorities and seeking asylum.

Viktor and Liubov Lada in the kitchen of their new apartment. The couple was at home when their previous apartment was hit by Russian artillery.

Ukraine's elderly often remain behind; here's how they've survived a year of war

Millions of elderly Ukrainians have remained behind since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The country has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war.

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