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The Philippines holds national elections next year, and the question is: Who will succeed President Rodrigo Duterte? His term ends in June, and he is scrambling to arrange a successor.

The Winter Olympics in Beijing are coming to a close with an ice skating scandal taking over the spotlight. Also, how China managed to make the games close to free of COVID-19.

Israeli police and soldiers go house to house in Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, formally notifying residents they must leave the territory within the next 48 hours. But some settlers locked the gates of their communities, denying access.

Authorities discuss the latest in a shooting that left five people dead at a medical building in Tulsa, Okla.

Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?

When Greg Smith quit his job at Goldman Sachs, he slammed his former employer in a blistering newspaper essay. People don't often quit with such a public display of vitriol. But when they do, it certainly gets attention.

More than a month into sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, we look at whether and how Russians are feeling the impact.

In the U.S., racing on gravel roads has become the dominant form of bike racing in just a few years. Organizers have prioritized diversity and inclusiveness in a way that other sports have not.

Fighting at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, now occupied by Russia, turns a Ukrainian city across the river into a target for Russian missiles and a danger zone for a nuclear accident.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., dashed Democrats' hopes of major climate spending in the budget reconciliation. Here's what that means for the country's ability to bring down carbon emissions.

Russian military police are trying to keep Turkish and Syrian army forces apart, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is caught in the middle between two regimes he's been trying to cultivate.

Civil War veteran 1st Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Robert Siegel talks to Kent Brown, author of Cushing of Gettysburg.

What if jacuzzi-like water jets could save a lake or make sure reservoirs stay full of drinking water? Scientists in Kansas will test this as they work to prevent a reservoir from filling up with mud.

National Weather Service senior forecaster Bob Oravec talks to NPR's A Martinez about a weather system that is pounding the West Coast with heavy rain, winds and snow.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Tuesday before Republican lawmakers who threatened to impeach him. Immigrant advocates race to pass what they can during the lame duck.

Vice President Joe Biden has still not made a decision about whether to run for president. There are outside events that may affect that decision, including the outcome of Tuesday's debate.

President Trump spoke to graduates of a prestigious FBI training program. Before he arrived in Virginia, Trump called the FBI's work "disgraceful" and said what happened at the bureau was "a shame."

The US Airways plane that crashed in the Hudson River had hit a bird and two engines were disabled.

For auto companies, that Environmental Protection Agency-approved MPG sticker on a new car is a high stakes and expensive process. These days it can be damaging to a company's image if customers can't achieve that great fuel economy in their own commutes.

How quickly are EV chargers getting built? That's a critical question as the auto industry tries to pull off a switch toward battery-powered cars.

This week, the president appeared to acknowledge that blocking the funds from the U-S Postal Service would help him politically. But yesterday, he started to backtrack.

Sears has filed for bankruptcy protection, formally acknowledging the lowest moment in the 130-year history of the conglomerate that shaped how Americans shop.

MOSI's new planetarium takes the place of the IMAX theater, which hasn't been used since 2017.

A poll finds that 75 percent wants Congress to either leave the law alone or wait to repeal it until they have a new law. For most people, controlling high health care costs is top priority.

Journalist Matt Katz discusses Christie's rise to power in New Jersey, the "Bridgegate" scandal and his performance in the '16 Republican presidential primary. Katz is the author of American Governor.