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Fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. Families walked together in the streets, dressed-up in fancy clothes to visit relatives for Eid.

People displaced by the deadly fire in and around the town of Paradise debate whether they should rebuild. A husband and wife whose home was destroyed have opposite opinions.

It smells like vinegar and tastes like spoiled cider. But fans of the fermented tea say that kombucha helps fight off diseases and aging. Sounds fantastical? Well, it probably is. At this point, scientists still know little about kombucha's health effects.

Citing reports by NPR and Colorado Public Radio, 12 senators want the Army to investigate the discharges of tens of thousands of troops with mental health disorders.

Congress is now controlled entirely by Republicans. In the nation's capital, how are the lobbying businesses re-calibrating?

Michael Taylor, accused of helping Nissan's former chairman escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan, was sentenced to two years in prison. His son Peter was sentenced to 20 months.

The governor has threatened to withhold state funds from districts that attempt to align policies with CDC guidance for universal masks in school. A longtime education lawyer says the order is unconstitutional.

Experts say interim CEOs are in greater demand these days. Some say the role is changing, and companies are increasingly turning to temporary leaders to overhaul their businesses.

We take a look at President Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore, where he held an early Independence Day celebration amid protests and warnings from public health officials on holding the public event.

It's been more than two years since leaders of the United States and China met face-to-face. This meeting will be virtual, not in person, and comes at a time of high tensions.

Scientists drilling beneath the Gulf of Mexico have hit the layer deposited when an asteroid the size of Staten Island, N.Y., hit Earth. Samples might contain details from that fateful day.

As sectarian killings surge in Iraq, the Baghdad morgue has also become a deadly place. Sunni families risk being killed when they go to retrieve the bodies of loved ones from the Shiite-run facility. The morgue is now off-limits to journalists.

In response to an explosive investigation, a list has been released of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of abuse. The cases largely span from 2000-2019.

As many as 200 people died Friday when a gas pipeline exploded in the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria. Authorities believe the pipeline ruptured as thieves were attempting to steal gas from it.

G-8 leaders meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, release a statement expressing "deepening concern" about rising civilian casualties on all sides of the violence in the Middle East. It also blamed the immediate crisis on "efforts by extremists forces to destabilize the region."

Among the topics: Matt Holzmann's story of the day he finally got a new kidney; Neil Young's protest music; and the old-fashioned -- and highly successful -- Anniston Star newspaper of Anniston, Ala.

Essayist Clark DeLeon remembers the events of 20 years ago in Philadelphia, when city police dropped a bomb on the headquarters of MOVE -- a radical, armed revolutionary group. Eleven people died in the house, and the resulting fire destroyed 61 neighborhood homes. DeLeon shares his thoughts on how the MOVE confrontation changed his city forever.

Workers are cleaning up more than 200,000 gallons of oil that leaked last week from a pipeline in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It's the largest oil spill ever on Alaska's North Slope, and it has added fuel to debates over the wisdom of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Blasts on the island of Bali cause deaths and injuries. The island is a popular tourist attraction and victims are of many different nationalities, police say. The same area was targeted by terrorists in 2002, resulting in more than 200 deaths.

The directive from China's president comes as Hong Kong faces the worst outbreak yet of the pandemic, with daily cases surpassing 2,000.

The height of the holiday shopping season arrives in the United States, with just four days until Hanukkah, 10 days until Christmas and 11 to Kwanzaa. Books -- whether classic or modern, non-fiction or fantastic -- remain a popular gift choice for many shoppers. Reviewer Alan Cheuse has a list of recommendations.

Hungary is sending all people seeking asylum to a camp on its border with Serbia to temporarily live in converted shipping containers. Hungary's government says it's to keep out terrorists.

More police have been killed on the job in 2017 than at the same time last year. Seven of the 67 police fatalities so far this year, have been in New York.

NPR's Debbie Elliott asks New York Times reporter Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura about another deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

They range from protecting your pool equipment to helping ensure your vehicles are protected from the elements.