A plane carrying 181 people crashed during landing and caught fire in Muan, South Korea, killing most of its passengers. It had issued a Mayday prior to the crash.

Emotional scars are fresh in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Physical rebuilding is beginning, and so is investment in the emotional health of people in the area.

NPR senior producer Lauren Magaki read a LOT of romance novels this past year. She shares her recommendations from our Books We Love list. She loves love.

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs — in Hebrew and Arabic — released in this year of war.

As Russia's army advances on coal mines powering Ukraine and its steel industry, women in a small coal town adjust to new roles as miners. They've replaced men who're now fighting on the frontlines.

Housing has become one of the country's thorniest issues. We take a look back at the year, and at what 2025 may bring.

A new Congress starts this week, with questions about whether House Speaker Mike Johnson can stay in his job and if GOP in-fighting will be an obstacle as the new Trump administration kicks off.

NPR's producer in Gaza, Anas Baba, reflects on his year of reporting on the war and living through it.

HIV/AIDS cases and deaths have gone up dramatically in the Philippines in the last decade, even though there are drugs to both prevent transmission and to treat the disease.

Native American New Year was celebrated on the solstice under a canopy of winter stars. Near a crackling bonfire, the ...

When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade.

The year is coming to an end and with it, many lessons were learned. Some of which could have altered how we move forward ...