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A new report confirms a deep decrease in the world's childhood death rate. But it takes note of what the authors call an "astronomically high" rate of death after hospitalization.

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses along the Northern California coast remained without power Tuesday evening, nearly a day after a powerful quake jolted people and shook homes off foundations.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, member of the House Jan. 6 committee, about felony charges facing Donald Trump related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to University of Texas law professor Steven Vladeck about the cases former President Trump has before the U.S. Supreme Court and the ethics questions raised over them.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Congressman Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about President Trump's settlement with the IRS.

Security video taken early Wednesday at the Edelweiss Restaurant in Colorado Springs shows a 6-foot-tall bear standing on its hind legs, pulling a dumpster out of view. The bear dragged it 50 feet into the parking lot, turned it over and went to town on German leftovers. It must have been good because the next day, the bear came back for more.

The dispute follows Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The 1.6 billion euro helicopter carriers are sitting in French dockyards.

William "Bull" Bullard of the famed Harlem Globetrotters went up for a slam dunk. He came down with the backboard and stanchion. The glass shattered and he just missed getting caught underneath it all. Bull escaped with some cuts. WATCH.

Only one of a Rhode Island precinct's 14 registered voters showed up to vote on Nov. 6. The voter's paper ballot was then mailed in and manually counted. More than a week later, the result is in.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will crash into Saturn in a few hours, but we'll always have the shots it took of icy volcanoes, hexagonal storms, ethane lakes and ripples in Saturn's rings.