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India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what's taking so long.

Cocaine has made a roaring comeback, and it's having some big negative effects in the U.S. and around the world.

Kevin Shafer is obsessed with rain. As the head of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, it’s his job to be. But when a thousand-year storm comes out of nowhere and dumps over a foot of rain, Kevin is faced with a decision: send sewage into people’s basements or into Lake Michigan.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

It's the year of the horse! Let's explore Chinese New Year celebrations and sample traditional Chinese instruments playing horse-related music.

The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.

Wandering, and "elopement," are frightening and dangerous behaviors by people with dementia. For some families, it is the point when they begin to seek institutional care for their loved one.

As prediction markets boom, competition is heating up. So traders go the extra mile for a fraction-of-a-second advantage or to sleuth out information nobody else has. It can lead to a huge payday.

Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies have expanded widely under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

In her memoir A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot details her journey after discovering that her husband of nearly 50 years drugged and invited dozens of men to sexually abuse her for about a decade.