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A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more. Hundreds of families are still trapped.
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Photos: A devastating earthquake hits Turkey and Syria
Search-and-rescue efforts are underway as the death toll began soaring after a powerful earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday.
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In Ohio, officials are working to prevent any major explosion from the wreckage of a Friday night train derailment that occurred in a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a neo-Nazi leader and a Maryland woman with conspiring to attack power stations near Baltimore.
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The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the deaths of four Americans on cruises to Antarctica, highlighting the perils of these increasingly popular cruises.
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We step back to look at the big picture of President Biden's upcoming State of the Union address.
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A devastating earthquake has struck southern Turkey and Northern Syria. It's a seismically active part of the world known for big quakes.
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Astronomers who win time to use space telescopes typically get a period of time when they alone can see the resulting data. But telescope managers are considering making all data public immediately.
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At least 2,800 people have died in a massive earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria, with thousands of buildings destroyed — and rescue workers rushing to help being hindered by poor weather.
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Three years after COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., some who have lost loved ones want them and the pandemic to be memorialized.
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Communities in California are slowly recovering from flooding earlier this year and hoping for lasting protections as severe weather may become more common.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with environmental scientist Dyhia Belhabib about overfishing in Senegal.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Wafaa Sadek, country director for International Medical Corps in Syria, about the earthquake's aftermath and how her team of medical professionals are responding.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with political scientist Jessica Chen Weiss about where U.S.-China relations are headed after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the weekend.