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The fragments of a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite that fell on Santa Filomena last month have been a literal windfall as locals sell them for thousands of dollars apiece.

Italy is pressuring ships operating by NGOs in the Mediterranean to halt rescues of migrant boats at sea.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Sri Lanka to discuss how to handle the quarter-million people displaced by that island nation's 25-year civil war. The government said more than 6,200 of its forces were killed and almost 30,000 wounded in the final three years of its war against the Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended last weekend.

People are spending more money than ever on Halloween costumes. Here are the ones people are buying the most in 2023.

For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.

A Republican lawmaker who’s leaving the Ohio House at the end of the year has introduced a bill to allow law enforcement to stop a driver for not wearing a seat belt – which Gov. Mike DeWine endorsed in his State of the State speech last month.

NPR will be reporting live from the convention in Chicago, including live updates online, live video each night.

Shady Rest Country Club in Scotch Plains, N.J., was established in 1921. The sports and entertainment venue is being renovated, with help from a special historic preservation program.

China on Thursday begins its biggest political meetings of the year, signaling its confidence that it has the coronavirus under control. At the top of the agenda: how to revive the flagging economy.

This past week, Israel rejected a proposed cease-fire, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. announced that Israel has a obligation to keep civilians safe as military strikes expand into southern Gaza.