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New research examines the effects of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month during which millions of people around the world go without food all day. Does religious practice affect economic growth?

A storm that has closed interstate highways and cancelled hundreds of flights in Colorado is moving east and could complicate travel for people in the Midwest.

City officials in Jakarta, Indonesia, created the life-size coffins — complete with dummies inside — to encourage people to take the pandemic seriously. It didn't quite have the intended effect.

NPR's Michel Martin comments on the importance of the press being what late journalist Wayne Barrett called "detectives for the people," as President Trump begins his first week.

Research into why some people have strong memory well into old age suggests that their brains are different from their peers. Some parts of the brains of "superagers" responsible for attention, thinking and memory seem to be spared the typical age-related shrinkage.

As COVID-19 cases continue to soar across the country, officials are pleading with the public to rethink large holiday gatherings to mitigate the spread.

The IRS has delivered more than $207 billion in coronavirus relief payments to individual taxpayers, but some of the recipients of the relief checks are the bank accounts of people who have died.

The disaster struck in the early morning in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in houses, officials said.

A steady line of cars and trucks pulled up to the emergency shelter at Hertz Arena in Estero in advance of Hurricane Milton. Lee County said on Wednesday morning that shelters had plenty of spaces for people.

The Zika outbreak is spreading to Southeast Asia. More than 150 people have contracted the virus in Singapore.