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The southern Philippines were hit hard when heavy rains from Tropical Storm Tembin caused flooding, landslides and mudslides that carried people and houses away.

An article by an avowed atheist quoted the pontiff allegedly saying, "Hell does not exist." That set social media aflame and now the Vatican is reminding believers that bad people go to a bad place.

An organization dedicated to helping pets in crisis, as well as their people, is on the ground in Lee County, Florida, helping with recovery efforts after Hurricane Ian, and an eastern North Carolina teacher is one of the volunteers.

Classes are canceled this week at a Newport News, Va., elementary school, where police say a first grader fired a gun and wounded a teacher on Friday.

Vietnamese fisherman flocked to the Biloxi, Miss., because it was a lot like home. But the shrimpers here, as in other places in Gulf, are worried their way of life will come to an abrupt end because of the huge oil spill. Many were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina and are dismayed to find their livelihoods threatened once again.

In this week's StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative, Nazim Abdul Karriem reflects on his time as a young Black soldier in World War II.

Extreme cold is disrupting weekend plans in Northern New England. In Maine, people are urged to stay indoors. Even the opening of the National Toboggan Championships has been postponed.

Sen. Edward Kennedy's body was flown from Boston to Washington, D.C., Saturday afternoon for burial across the Potomac River in Arlington National Cemetery.

The annual Montford Point Marine Ceremony in Jacksonville remembers the lives and legacies of the first group of African American men to enlist in the Marine Corps. Up until 1942, Black service members were not allowed to join the Marines.

Nearly 273,000 people, most of whom had been receiving Medicaid for family-planning coverage alone, were covered on the first day of enrollment. Since then, North Carolina has enrolled an average of more than 1,000 people a day — a rate that outpaces other states that have expanded Medicaid.