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Nepal officials say the death toll has continues to rise in Wednesday's floods that washed away communities in Nepal and Tibet, which is held by China. About 2,500 people are missing in both areas.

Audiences flock to Broadway each year for a dose of "theater magic." It turns out that some of that spectacle and wonder is created behind the scenes by actual magicians.

A charity built 96 bridges to connect communities separated by rivers and gorges. A new study looks at the life-changing impact of a concrete-and-steel pedestrian crossing.

Ahmed Hrustanovic reflects on Ratko Mladic's death with NPR's Scott Simon. All of Hrustanovic's adult male relatives died in the Srebrenica Massacre engineered by Mladic.

Two deaths associated with the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania prompted messaging from the health secretary that both encouraged and undermined vaccinations.

Maine's lobster fishing industry is closely integrated with processors across the border in Canada. People who depend on it are feeling whiplash from on-again, off-again tariff threats.

The trade war escalated between the U.S. and Canada, and the Trump administration tried to cut off Iran economically. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Wendy Cutler of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

People have been avoiding lettuce this summer. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel, who says we really should just skip the lettuce, permanently.

President Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America to provoke Canadian leaders. Meanwhile, the new Fed chair says inflation continues to be a problem.

The Dollywood theme park in Tennessee is a tribute to the late singer and will go on without her.