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The earthquake, with its epicenter just a few miles off Anchorage, has been followed by a series of aftershocks. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been shut down.

The fortuitous dip in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, during the past three years is over, as economies turn up. The trend in the near future looks grim, say climate scientists.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the incoming chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, about the possible pathways out of the current government shutdown.

Never before has Congo had a democratic transfer of power, but Congolese finally voted Sunday in a long-delayed presidential election. Voters were choosing a successor to President Joseph Kabila.

Three dozen students have been infected at Asheville Waldorf School — which has among the very highest rates of parents claiming religious exemption from state vaccine requirements.

Thousands of migrants are camped in Tijuana, Mexico, after U.S. authorities fired tear gas on those who tried to rush the San Ysidro border crossing. Hopes of applying for asylum in the U.S. dim.

Mukwege, a doctor, and Murad, a survivor of wartime sexual assault, have worked to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.

While the furloughed employees are likely to get back pay, a sandwich shop is not going to get paid for a sandwich not eaten.

Nineteen-year-old broadcaster Nisha Dupuis says Anguilla has made great progress towards a full recovery from Hurricane Irma. Eighty-seven percent of the island's power has been restored.

Only around 15 percent of adults in America smoke — but that still leaves 40 million people who smoke cigarettes, and many of them belong to the most vulnerable population groups.