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The U.S. condemned the test, which blasted a cloud of debris into orbit, forcing astronauts aboard the ISS to spend two hours inside spacecraft that could return them to Earth in an emergency.

Far out in the Atlantic Ocean is a chain of volcanic islands — a province of Portugal. We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores.

In 1972, NPR invited listeners to write ads for things that brighten everyday life, like clouds and love letters. It was so nice, we're doing it twice: Submit your best ad and it might get produced.

Thirty forensics specialists have been sent to the explosion site in Boston to learn as much as they can about what happened and who might be responsible. Melissa Block talks to Frank Doyle, Jr., a former FBI special agent who has worked on major bombing incidents, about how the investigation is likely to proceed and what evidence might be found.

Lawrence Osborne's well-structured new novel follows a group of Western expats in Cambodia, all hunting for something nebulous — money, happiness, or even just an edge up on everyone else.

The U.S. government and Microsoft reveal Chinese hackers broke in to online email systems and stole some unclassified data.

A massive sandstorm envelops the Iraqi capital, bringing life to a virtual standstill. It was like waking up on Christmas Day to find the landscape had turned white with snow -- except that it was orange. The huge cloud of dust was blown in from the western Syrian desert.

The event lasted just under two hours and looked substantially different across the state. While only 23% of the sun was blocked in Portland, 33% was missing in Jordan Valley, in Oregon’s southeastern-most corner.

The focus heading into Apple's event was on its new iPhones, but it also unveiled a redesigned Apple Watch with a sensor allowing users to take an electrocardiogram they can share with their doctor.

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.