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Amnesty International has criticized Ukraine for setting up military bases in residential areas. Ukrainian officials say It's Russian forces that are putting Ukrainian civilians lives in jeopardy.

Between 16,000 and 20,000 people were evacuated from the area around the volcano on St. Vincent. Some evacuees are with family and friends; others are fleeing the island entirely.

Utility company Con Edison says the light emanated from "a sustained electrical arc flash that was visible across a wide area." Witnesses had many other ideas.

As recovery from the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami stretches into a second week, more supplies are making their way to the disaster zone. But that doesn't mean the aid is reaching areas most in need.

Hurricane Fiona's unrelenting rains led to swollen rivers and washed out roads and bridges in many areas of Puerto Rico. It's isolated many mountain communities and slowed the recovery.

People who want to start businesses in lower-income neighborhoods often have trouble getting bank loans. But some investors are looking specifically to help businesses in those areas.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Loretta Christensen, Navajo Area chief medical officer at the Indian Health Service about the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on Native Americans.

The coronavirus will likely take longer to reach remote rural communities but may be more devastating. Though there may not be public transit or big crowds, rural areas are vulnerable in other ways.

The United Nations reports the number of children killed and wounded rose 24 percent in 2016, and that all sides, including the U.S., are to blame for leaving unexploded ordnance in civilian areas.

Voting is done for the so-called referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Preliminary results show a landslide victory for Moscow. Ukraine and its allies have dismissed the voting as a sham.

Police have confirmed an active shooter at the Silicon Valley headquarters of YouTube. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's Nate Rott, who has talked with hospitals in the area.

Mexico City is the latest major metropolitan area to impose restrictions on Airbnb — after New York City and Barcelona. Soaring housing prices have displaced many longtime residents.

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.

October marks not only fire season in California, but also the peak of the grape harvest. In areas not imminently threatened, some workers labor through heat and smoke to save harvests and paychecks.

The Australian Reptile Park wants to find the anonymous donor of the megaspider, which may lead them to an area with more unusually large arachnids that could boost the zoo's antivenom program.

Residents of North Carolina's "Stroke Belt" headed out with cameras to document why the area is notorious for high rates of heart disease and stroke. They aim to come up with community solutions.

The decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.

New York has awarded two contracts for large offshore wind farms, with more anticipated. Researchers are surveying whales in the area to craft strategies to mitigate dangers to them and their habitat.

The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, such storms may become the norm as the climate warms.

An Iranian missile strike in the West Bank killed four Palestinian women preparing for the Muslim holiday of Eid, highlighting the deadly reach of the Iran–Israel conflict into unprotected civilian areas.