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Sometimes a broken appliance gets thrown out even though it just needs a little fix. That's where volunteer tinkerers come in. They make it work again and give it to people in need.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kelsey Pfendler, who is rowing solo from California to Hawaii. She is attempting to become the first American woman to do so.

A resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, shares the toll of living without running water for nearly two months.

Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the flight home pulled out a notebook to explain what lay ahead.

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

The U.S. may be the world's biggest producer of crude oil, but that's not the case for motor oil. The cost of lubricants is soaring, and even a tentative deal to end the war won't solve the problem.

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.

Voting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes.

The new climate-changed reality of less water in the Colorado River has Grand Canyon river guides worried about the future viability of their businesses.