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Israeli authorities are still trying to pinpoint the source of a major oil spill that has polluted much of the country's coastline with chunks of tar.

Protesters lit fires and luxury stores were vandalized and looted. Nightly, at times violent, protests have followed Pablo Hasél's arrest under a law that criminalizes glorifying terrorism.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elana Sigall about her story for Chalkbeat on the debate between parents and teachers about returning to in-person learning.

French government ministers have accused the country's universities of failing to recognize the threat to French society posed by radical Islamists.

More than 4 million homes face substantial risk of expensive flood damage, a research organization says. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable face potentially catastrophic damage.

How did West Virginia become one of the world's leaders in delivering COVID-19 vaccines? One piece of the story starts with a striking photograph in the local paper.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is considering selling some art to help pay the bills. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Director Max Hollein about the financial duress the museum is experiencing.

The U.S. is about to cross another grim milestone: nearly a half million people have died from COVID-19. New cases continue to decline, but there is an urgency to pick up the pace of vaccinations.

The violence struck near Goma, as Ambassador Luca Attanasio rode in a U.N. World Food Program convoy near the DRC's eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda.

Family members of those who've died from COVID-19 reflect on the milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths, and how their individual loss fits within the magnitude of that number.