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In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

Search and rescue continues in eastern Kentucky, where flooding killed at least 11 people over the weekend. Communities across the state are dealing with mudslides, power outages and washed out roads.

A former surgeon in France, now 74, is on trial for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children. Investigators say the violence spanned more than three decades.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to create a full-length feature, The Ballad of Wallis Island.

President-elect Donald Trump has said his tariffs will raise revenues, boost U.S. jobs, and help stop the drug trade. But some of these goals are at odds with the others.

At issue was whether planeloads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

Stan's up for an Oscar for his portrayal of the president early in his career, when Roy Cohn was his lawyer and mentor. Stan says Cohn schooled Trump in "denying reality and reshaping the truth."

The order came in response to a memo released by the Office of Management and Budget last week directing agencies to freeze funding for federal grants and other programs.

Former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez, who likened President Trump to "Roman emperor" earlier this year, says he fears the U.S. revoked his visa over criticisms of Trump.

The company's policy reversal comes as the U.S. is diverging sharply from other countries over regulating social media.

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,600 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed.

William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?