Trump is sentenced in hush money case -- but gets no penalty or fine
President-elect Donald Trump received an unconditional discharge for his criminal conviction, meaning he will get a criminal record but no other penalties.
A first for Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum to be sworn in as the 1st female president
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's new president Tuesday, the first woman ever to hold the country's highest office.
Austria's far-right party wins national vote but its chances of governing are unclear
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria has won the most votes in national parliamentary elections but has fallen short of an absolute majority.
What does the assassinations of the head of Hezbollah and others mean for Iran?
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, about Iran’s role in the conflict in Lebanon.
Lebanon prepares to bury Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
The Middle East changed over the weekend. Israel killed the leader of the militant group Hezbollah in Beirut in a wave of continuing airstrikes that began a week ago.
It's the end of an era in Britain -- the coal era
At midnight Monday, the U.K.'s last coal-fired power plant shuts down -- and Britain becomes the first major developed economy to phase out coal power.
North Carolina is airlifting food and water to communities cut off by Helene
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says the damage is "widespread and catastrophic" following Hurricane Helene. Many remote mountain communities remain cut off.
Israel mulls its next steps after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Israel’s military campaign is expanding. After assassinating Hezbollah’s leader, Israel’s air force bombed more targets in Lebanon, and stuck Houthi targets in Yemen.
Israel strikes hit central Beirut for the first time in nearly a year of the conflict
The city has been reeling from Friday’s airstrikes that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
After six years in power, Mexico's president is about to leave office
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is in his final day in office, before the inauguration of his political protégée Claudia Sheinbaum.
Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, dies at age 88
Kristofferson, who wrote indelible songs about lovers, loners and boozers, has died at age 88. He later became a screen star. His performance in "A Star Is Born" earned him a Golden Globe in 1976.