Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.

Hundreds of paddlers from around the world gather in Hawaii to compete in the Na Wahine O Ke Kai, a grueling 41-mile women’s outrigger canoe race across the treacherous Ka’iwi Channel.

KUOW's podcast 'Let the Kids Dance,' tells the story of grunge music and a forgotten chapter: the Teen Dance Ordinance.

African farmers aren't as productive because of changing rainfall patterns. Now, an NGO and the Kenyan government are pulling together geographically precise weather data and texting it to farmers.

With one month until Election Day and early voting underway, here's what NPR voting correspondent Miles Parks is focusing on.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Antonia Sebastian, professor of environmental science at UNC Chapel Hill, about the flood risk facing inland communities as hurricanes become more intense.

In Sudan, a year and a half of devastating conflict has destroyed much of the capital and brought most of the country to the brink of famine.

Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee will take a long time to recover from Hurricane Helene, but efforts are underway to bring relief to remote areas.

Alex Quilici of the call-blocking service YouMail told us there may be a billion — yes, billion with a “B” — political text ...

A political update from Erie, Pa., which has been pivotal to and a bellwether of presidential election outcomes.

People in Lebanon are fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the south but Israel has now conducted strikes in the north as well.