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Photographer Tommy Trenchard spent time in Bangladesh with refugees who have run for their lives.

In the six weeks since protests erupted against President Daniel Ortega, more than 80 people have been killed — including during a massive march Wednesday. Many are blaming Ortega for the violence.

The wealth of the submersible Titan's passengers contrasted with the desperation that pushed hundreds of migrants to leave their homes and try to reach Italy by boat last week.

A tightly-fought Australian general election campaign reaches its climax on Saturday — and the major issues will be familiar to an American audience. With little to choose between the economic policies of the two major parties, immigration and same-sex marriage are top of the news agenda.

This year, 17,000 customers have had their water shut off because of late payments. Residents are upset with how the city is going about it, and question whether some are getting special treatment.

The lower house of Parliament plans to vote Sunday on whether to send impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rouseff to the Senate for a possible trial. Reporter Caroline Osborne has more.

The Democratic presidential candidate this week floated the idea of allowing people over 50 to "buy in" to Medicare. NPR looks at how that would affect health care costs for everyone else.

Offering rewards to catch criminals may, in rare instances, motivate people to come forward with a tip. Few people, however, claim rewards, and there's little evidence that they work.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Marshall Goff, an attorney in Jackson, Miss., about the impact of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on immigrant families.

Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears to be a major risk factor: drug use. ...