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Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the slurry was not as dangerous as the government initially believed. Environmental groups disagree with his assessment.

Now that U.S. forces are set to leave for good, what is next for Afghanistan? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Patricia Gossman, Associate Asia Director for Human Rights Watch.

Cockatoos in Sydney have become expert trash bin burglars. Scientists say birds in different neighborhoods have taught each other different techniques to open the bins, a sign of cultural complexity.

The S&P 500 surged 11% in the president's first 100 days, the best performance since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933.

Fans of the show will recognize "The Tower" and "Marlo Stanfield's Corner," locations on the game board. Of course, players can be sent to jail. (There are two of them.)

In what is perhaps the longest traffic jam -- in terms of length and time elapsed, cars have been crawling along a 60-mile stretch of the Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

One year after the George Floyd protests, the future of Minneapolis Police Department is still unclear, as the Defund movement collides with the reality of increasing violent crime.

Kurtz said that Tina Brown made him an offer to help shape The Daily Beast's Washington bureau, hiring new reporters and editorialists, and having the chance to write about American politics.

When independent scientists came forward with higher estimates, the White House "pushed back hard," NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

Amazon, Delta and Capital One were among dozens of sites hit by the widespread outage. Content distribution network Akamai says the disruption was caused by a software configuration update.

The combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans is about $1.37 trillion, Forbes magazine reports. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, tops the list.

"C," by Tom McCarthy, was expected to win the award, which is one of the most-prestigious in letters. It comes with an almost-$80,000 cash prize.

On Thursday nights, devotees flock to Sufi shrines across Pakistan. Islamic fundamentalists consider shrines to be idolatrous.

Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic Committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky.

The youngest Olympian at the Tokyo games was knocked out during the women's table tennis singles preliminary round. But Syrian player Hend Zaza said she will train, get better and try again.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the continuing pandemic and how today's children might remember this time decades from now.

Nope, they won't put a microchip in you. And the side effects usually aren't that bad. And if you want to get your HPV shot at the same time, that totally works. Read on for these and more answers.

Skateboarding is one of four new sports added to the Olympics this year. For skateboarders who have long loved their rebel status, performing in the mainstream Olympics is just a bit different.

Dutch rower Finn Florijn had already raced and was scheduled to compete again on Saturday when his positive test came back. "Now it's over in an instant," he said.

Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. sang opera at some of country's most decorated institutions during his 26 years in the U.S. Army Chorus. At StoryCorps, he told his sister that she's his inspiration.