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Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake.

Some 400 to 600 Asian elephants are believed to remain living in the wild in Cambodia. Researchers said the study's findings underscore the potential of a "national stronghold" for the species.

Law enforcement officials in San Bernardino, Calif., report there are fatalities — but have not confirmed numbers — in a shooting at a social services center. There are no suspects in custody.

Police in San Bernardino have cornered a vehicle, and there are reports of a shoot out with suspects. Law enforcement say 17 people were wounded in the shooting at a social services center.

Archaeologists working in Kenya found the footprints of two distinct human ancestors preserved in the fossilized mud of an ancient lake — walking side by side.

A Colorado judge has made the first known use of a state law designed to make courts safe from immigration raids.

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say.

A deadly crash in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood early Saturday morning has left four people dead and 11 injured.

At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

For over seven straight hours in Chile, the electricity went out and plunged the country into chaos.

The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist.

California is the latest state in a growing movement across the country to require media literacy education for all grade levels.

The International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether to accept the bid by Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to stage the 2022 Winter Games, or instead offer it to rival contender Beijing.

The twelve men of Chanticleer, one of America's premiere vocal ensembles, present a program of a cappella music at the St. Vincent Church in Petaluma, Calif. Joseph Jennings directs.

Sylo's music feels like a refuge of cozy moments.

Not everyone who was part of rap's ascent gets included in its story. MC Sha-Rock, of the original Funky 4 and the Funky 4 + 1, reaffirms her role in hip-hop's formative years as the first woman MC.

Billy Gibbons, the front man for legendary group ZZ Top, has released his first solo record, and it goes back to some of his earliest influences. Meredith Ochs reviews Perfectamundo.

American audiences may know Brazilian musician Seu Jorge best for his film roles. He appeared in the City of God and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. But in Brazil, Jorge is a popular singer and songwriter. Chris Nickson reviews his new CD, Cru.

At the top of the UN's list of "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" are the people known as the Garifuna, bearers of a unique brand of Afro-Caribbean music and dance. A new CD by the Garifuna Women's Project helps preserve the legacy of the stories and music of the Garifuna people.

In his native Puerto Rico, a jazz drummer found that his friends could all get down to Fela Kuti. So in New York, Cole assembled an 11-piece band to locate the African heart of Caribbean party music.