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Despite the president's heated rhetoric regarding North Korea, there is little evidence the U.S. is preparing for war. The U.S. military presence in the western Pacific is robust, but is not being significantly boosted and remains a deterrent force.

The sections of plastic pipe, 8 feet wide and up to a third of a mile long, were separated from an ocean-going tow after a collision with a container ship last month.

If the U.S. is preparing for war on the Korean Peninsula, there is little evidence to show for it. The military posture is more about deterrence than anything else.

Stephen Miller is a White House adviser who recently took on a higher profile with a combative turn before the White House press. This verbal combat has been a Miller trademark since high school.

Many people go to the fair to ride the tilt-o-whirl or eat funnel cake. NPR's Planet Money team traveled to the Ohio State Fair to witness the ancient art of product salesmanship.

A state of emergency remains in effect in New Orleans after heavy flooding last weekend. Storms inundated the city's drainage system, and the fallout has led to resignations and frustrations with a system that failed during Hurricane Katrina.

An estimate from the Wisconsin Legislature's nonpartisan budget office found that the state wouldn't break even on incentives for the Taiwanese tech company until 2043.

A train from Cairo hit the back of another train stopped near a station outside Alexandria. More than 120 people were injured, according to the country's health ministry.

Heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea sparked a sell-off this week on global stock markets, but the drop is less you might have expected given the potential stakes.

The Marine Corps commandant gave aviation unit commanders a two-week period in which to schedule a 24-hour halt to operations. The pause is "to focus on the fundamentals of safe flight operations."