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Turkish television is reporting a new case of bird flu. The case was discovered as Turkish officials conducted tests across the country. Turkey had already confirmed 14 bird flu victims, including three children who died.

Volunteers in boats and personal watercraft are taking people to see their flood-damaged houses in Houston. For some, seeing their home for the first time is more emotional than they expected.

The FBI says it has arrested more than 400 people in the last three months on charges related to mortgage fraud. Agents have arrested real estate agents and others. On Thursday, the FBI arrested two Bear Stearns investment fund managers. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and Michelle Norris discuss the arrests.

The eastern Congolese city of Goma is grappling with Ebola. Antiseptic washes, thermometers and road blocks are in place. But Congolese say they have far bigger things to worry about then infection.

President Trump visits El Paso, Texas Wednesday after making a stop in Dayton, Ohio. Both cities are working to recover after mass shootings this past weekend.

The last remaining areas of the embattled Syrian town of Qusair fell to government forces and fighters from the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah over the weekend. The main concern now is what's happening to the civilians.

While Houston is experiencing record-breaking flooding, cities across East Texas are taking stock of the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and bracing for more rain. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports from Beaumont, Texas.

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more wounded when the blast went off during morning rush hour. Steve Inskeep talks to Mujib Mashal, a correspondent for The New York Times, who's in Kabul.

A filmmaker invited white residents of Buffalo, N.Y., to speak candidly about race. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates finds that the results are thought-provoking, often surprising and sometimes disturbing.

They are working harder than ever to keep up with the death toll from the novel coronavirus. "People bring their dead during the day and during the night," says a gravedigger named Abbas.