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New video has emerged of Tuesday's freight train derailment near Baltimore, Md., that caused a huge explosion and led to the area being evacuated. Many people captured the crash's aftermath on camera.

For the annual Quiet Music Festival of Portland, which begins today, the goal is to celebrate calming sounds. The festival gained fame after the show Portlandia featured a Battle Of The Gentle Bands.

Nicole Maines, who is biologically male but identifies as female, had sued after officials at her school barred her from using the girls' restroom.

The images from northern Italy are stunning. A massive boulder broke free from a mountainside and tore a destructive path through a farm. The good news: No one was hurt.

Today's news about a drop in the unemployment rate has some of President Obama's critics speculating about cooked books. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says such talk is "ludicrous."

NPR kept track of how many minutes each issue — like foreign policy and the economy — got at the second Democratic debate.

The long-term forecast is still murky, but Virginia governor declares state of emergency for "major statewide rain event."

The state's highest court had ordered its removal this summer. But the argument over the monument's propriety had been simmering for years.

The law gives women new tools and protections if they believe they're being paid unfairly because of gender.

If history is any guide, the president's efforts to curb gun violence may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales.