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Award-Winning Chinese Photojournalist Missing While Visiting The Country, Wife Says

Lu Guang holding his Henri Nannen Award in 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. Krafft Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Krafft Angerer/Getty Images Lu Guang holding his Henri Nannen Award in 2008 in Hamburg, Germany. Krafft Angerer/Getty Images Lu Guang, an award-winning Chinese photographer and resident of New York, has gone missing while visiting China, his […]

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Some Romaine Is OK To Eat, But Beware California, CDC Says

Romaine lettuce is seen on sale at a supermarket in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning against all romaine lettuce just two days before Thanksgiving. Now the CDC has narrowed the source of the outbreak to California’s central coast. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption

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We’re Living Longer … But A Medical Journal Sees Many Causes For Alarm

There’s a worrying slowdown in progress against medical conditions that disable, sicken or kill. That’s the message in an editorial in the November 10 issue of the medical journal The Lancet. The editorial accompanies reports from a massive research project called Global Burden of Disease, which counts cases of disability, illness and death around the

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As Many As 145 Pilot Whales Die Stranded On Remote New Zealand Island

As many as 145 pilot whales lie beached Sunday at Mason Bay, on Stewart Island, New Zealand. A hiker discovered the mass stranding on Saturday. New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP hide caption toggle caption New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP As many as 145 pilot whales lie beached Sunday at Mason Bay,

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Trump Push For ‘Energy Dominance’ Boosts Drilling On Public Land

Workers at a Wold Energy Partners well pad in Wyoming place gravel where oil tanks will soon stand. A spike in drilling in the state is getting a boost from new lease sales on public land. Cooper McKim/Wyoming Public Media hide caption toggle caption Cooper McKim/Wyoming Public Media Workers at a Wold Energy Partners well

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Protesters And Police Clash In Paris

Police in the French capital fired teargas at thousands of protesters marching on the Champs Elysees Saturday. Article source: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/24/670650702/protesters-and-police-clash-in-paris?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

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Northern California Camp Fire Contained

Volunteers search for remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 23. The Camp Fire destroyed the town. Kathleen Ronayne/AP hide caption toggle caption Kathleen Ronayne/AP Volunteers search for remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 23. The Camp Fire destroyed the town. Kathleen Ronayne/AP After

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Many California Farmworkers Forced To Stay Behind During The Wildfires

Gabriela, 32, a strawberry picker from Oaxaca, poses for a portrait at her home in Oxnard, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. Gabriela wears a bandana she used to cover her nose and mouth to avoid inhaling smoke while working in the fields during the Hill Fire. The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle

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The Story Behind The Worst Measles Outbreak In The European Union

Liliana Czegledi holds a photo of her daughter, Ioana, at her home in a rural area outside Bucharest, Romania. Ioana was just shy of her tenth birthday when she died of complications from measles. She could not be vaccinated because she had a compromised immune system. Joanna Kakissis for NPR hide caption toggle caption Joanna

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European Leaders Close In On Brexit Deal

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, left, and European Council President Donald Tusk flip through the pages of a draft agreement on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Brussels. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, left, and European Council President Donald Tusk flip through the pages of

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