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Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

Some U.S. cities are seeing a bump in marriage licenses. Same-sex couples and couples with mixed immigration status are among those heading to the altar before the start of the Trump administration.

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

Crews in Ukraine are cleaning up this morning after a massive attack launched by Russia on Christmas, with drones and missiles appearing to target Ukraine's energy grid.

President Biden sought to transform the U.S. economy with huge investments in manufacturing. We look at how that turned out.

Protests erupted in Syria in areas dominated by the Alawite minority after video spread of militants desecrating an Alawite shrine. Alawites are widely seen as loyal to the former Assad regime.

The death of an Olympic snowboarding athlete is a reminder that even the most skilled and experienced athletes are not immune to the threat of avalanches, and that knowledge is key to staying safe.

Norman Solomon says 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan set into motion a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public.

To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

Posadas are part of a centuries-long tradition that recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place where the baby Jesus could be born. But in Mexico City, they have become just a reason to party.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Timothee Chalamet and director James Mangold about their new movie "A Complete Unknown."

The Mega Millions prize has now grown to an estimated $1.15 billion, which could be the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.