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People walk on a street in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption toggle caption Ramon Espinosa/AP HAVANA — Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a

This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. AP hide caption toggle caption AP CAIRO — At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday. The strike on the Al Daein

Students walk from the bus to their elementary school in St. Paul, Minn., on March 18. For many students, it was the first week back after nearly two months of online learning. Tim Evans for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tim Evans for NPR On the top floor of a Spanish immersion elementary school in

Travelers wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on March 20, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images It's spring break season in the U.S. — and travelers are facing long airport lines as security screeners work without

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and special counsel who led the high-profile investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the possible obstruction of justice

Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness Girls sit on a wall to get a good vantage point of people walking up the mountains with flaming torches and fireworks for Nowruz in Akre, the Kurdish region of Iraq on Friday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq —

Charles Courtenay, the 19th Earl of Devon, pictured outside his family seat of Powderham Castle in Devon, England. The Earl is one of the 92 remaining hereditary peers in the upper house of the U.K. Parliament, the House of Lords. Under new legislation, they are losing their right to inherit these seats. Susannah Ireland for

ESSAY 3-21-2026 (AP Photo/Andy Newman) Andy Newman/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FR57513 AP hide caption toggle caption Andy Newman/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FR57513 AP Washington, D.C. flew into a panic last weekend. Schools closed, parents scrambled, flights were canceled, and mayors declared emergencies. "There's a storm coming!" people in and around the nation's capital exclaimed to one another Sunday night. "Are you

For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. Rebecca Rosman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman for NPR AMSTERDAM – In his modest IKEA-furnished apartment, Arthur Brand paces to distract himself. "I'm nervous," he says

Residents on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the US are contending with the worst flooding the state has seen in more than 20 years as winter storms force thousands to abandon their homes to move to safer ground. The Pacific island's North Shore — revered by surfers worldwide for the quality of its waves