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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rich Thau, who studies swing states, about some key voters this election: those who supported former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in primaries, and "double disapprovers."

Homs was one of the places where the Syrian uprising began. The government has driven out its opponents in 2014, but much of the city remains in ruins, waiting to be rebuilt.

The raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

America's worsening homelessness crisis can feel like an intractable problem. But Spokane, Wash., may be having some early success trying some new tactics to help its most vulnerable.

When Frances Moore Lappe wrote the best-selling Diet For A Small Planet back in 1971, she helped start a conversation about the social and environmental impacts of the foods we choose.

The catastrophic floods along the Guadalupe River killed at least 135 people. Survivors are still trying to make sense of what happened.

An estimated 200,000 people, many of them Indigenous Māori, suffered abuse in New Zealand's foster and faith-based care over a period of seven decades

LA County's fire chief said people in evacuated areas won't be able to return home until at least Thursday due to the next round of fire danger. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating more deaths.

When researchers cleaned up vacant lots and planted grass and trees in poor neighborhoods in Philadelphia, residents' mental health improved.

The Trump administration has fired several hundred employees at FEMA. When it comes to helping disaster victims on the ground, the agency was already hundreds of people short.