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Dozens of giant container ships are bobbing around the oceans with no place to dock, after a South Korean shipping company went bankrupt. The stranded cargo may include as many as 500,000 containers.

A sweeping ruling from a superior court judge in Connecticut could mean historic changes for the state's schools, including how it funds its poorest districts.

On 9/11, 38 planes were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland. More than 6,000 passengers and crew were taken in by families there. Their story is the subject of a new musical called, Come From Away.

House Republicans are debating whether to move forward with trying to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. The debate is a fallout from the 2013 IRS scandal, in which conservative groups were unfairly targeted for seeking tax-exempt status. Conservatives are pushing reluctant GOP party leaders to move forward, but there is skepticism that this is a smart move so close to Election Day.

Asked on cable news what he would do about Aleppo, the city at the center of the Syrian refugee crisis, Gary Johnson asked, "What is Aleppo?" It revealed a surprising lack of foreign policy depth and could cause problems for his candidacy as he seeks to try and make the presidential debate stage.

Humor leavens the horror in this Polish film about a groom literally possessed by the country's haunted past.

Ice cream thefts are up way up in New York City. Why would thieves steal something that depreciates so rapidly?

Children in Baton Rouge, La., are back in class after a three-week interruption. But life is still upended: Many students are displaced and still living in shelters, and don't know where they'll go.

Camp 5, built in 2003 when it seemed the Guantanamo Bay facility was there to stay, will be converted, in part, into a medical clinic. It was where "non-compliant" detainees once were held.

Several states are voting on legalizing marijuana in November. NPR takes a look at where the presidential candidates stand on the issue of legal pot.