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The International Maritime Bureau says there has been a 40 percent drop in piracy worldwide since 2011, and that much of the drop was due to fewer attacks off the Somali coast.

While ice blasted Birmingham, Ala., a doctor at one hospital heard that a patient might die at another without specialized surgery. "It's not going to happen on my shift," he said.

Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring. Herders have lost their herds — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is asking House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily provide information on conversations he had with former President Trump that day.

The top two winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were selected from more than 50,000 entries worldwide. They are a biologist from France and a 10-year-old from India.

Years ago, a developer let graffiti artists paint on his warehouse. He took the building down when he wanted to build condos. A judge found he failed to wait for a lawsuit or for permits.

During Obama's tenure, Justice Antonin Scalia sided with a 5-4 majority in many important cases. We look back at some of them.

How can the U.S. encourage more vaccinations? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ahead of his meeting with President Biden about state strategies to increase COVID-19 vaccinations.

The first presidential debate is high stakes. Can Trump avoid the sitting-president first-debate slump? Does Biden come across competently? And how personal will it get?

Davion Mintz and Brandon Boston Jr. both set career bests with six 3-pointers apiece and Kentucky beat South Carolina 92-64 in a regular-season finale.…