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America is facing a deadly drug epidemic, but there is hope. Research shows 75% of people with addiction survive and go on to live full lives, especially if they get good treatment.

Coordinated car bombings in the southern Iraqi city left at least 40 dead and more than 100 wounded. Earlier this year, British forces handed over security duties in the province to Iraqi government troops. A similar handover in neighboring Basra is set for next week, raising fears of more violence in the largely Shiite region.

Oakland has a history of tensions between police and the community. The police department there is under federal oversight for its use of force, among other problems.

Despite increasing public awareness of transgender issues, transgender people continue to face high rates of joblessness.

Firefighters in northern California now say about 1,000 people are missing from the Camp Fire. The number has gone up and down. Steve Inskeep talks to Cal Fire spokesman Cary Wright about the data.

Among the things the coronavirus pandemic is changing is how people get around. People are walking, biking and driving more, but using buses, trains and Uber less.

Aging with HIV comes with an increased risk of other health problems. Failing to get adequate care could undermine fighting the virus. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on June 15, 2024.)

Nepal's king vows to return political power to the people of this Himalayan kingdom, 14 months after he seized control. The king responded to massive pro-democracy protests with a nationwide address in which he said executive power "shall be returned to the people from this day forward."

Hundreds of indigent people live in storm drains that feed into Tijuana's river canal. Local authorities force them out, but they return, hopeful that they'll be able to rejoin loved ones they left behind in the U.S.

In 1991, the Batwa forest people of Uganda were evicted from their land to make way for gorilla conservation. Like other displaced Central African hunter-gatherers, when they lost their forest, they lost much of their identity. A new program is trying to help them earn money and reconnect with their roots.