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Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to museum director Ebony Howard about a new exhibit in Harpersville, Ala., that explores the lives of several Black families after emancipation.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, foodborne illnesses kill some 3,000 people in the U.S. each year. Often, the job of keeping America's food supply safe falls to for-profit companies with connections to the food producers they're supposed to inspect.

A seven-story tall tower of snow, piled up during New England's record winter, finally finished melting on Tuesday.

While major hubs like Dallas and New York City have their share of nominations, Cincinnati is holding its own with three finalists.

Rich, frothy and laden with booze, eggnog — whether you love it or hate it — is an inevitable part of the yuletide tradition. Culinary wizard Alton Brown whips up a homemade batch of the holiday cocktail.

Thirty years ago in Paris, a publicity stunt for a wine shop started a revolution for the Napa Valley. In 1976, a blind tasting pitted the best wines from France against wines from California -- and the Californian wines won.

A year ago, Rosie Grant discovered a recipe for spritz cookies on a gravestone in New York. She made them and they were heavenly. She told The Washington Post that it's a way to memorialize the dead.

President Trump is threatening to attack Iran's power plants and bridges if Iran doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

A Philadelphia doctor who performed abortions is accused of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who the prosecutor says were born alive. Abortion opponents cited the case as a reason to push for stricter regulations on clinics.