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A year ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, leaving a path of destruction. In the city of Tacloban, the damage is less visible, but the effects of the typhoon are still present.

Six weeks ago, 43 students were kidnapped in Mexico. Now three suspects have confessed to killing them and burning their bodies. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Mexico City correspondent Carrie Kahn.

Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary detained in late 2012, and Matthew Todd Miller, arrested in North Korea earlier this year, came home Saturday.

George W. Bush says there's a good chance his brother will run for president in 2016. And he also thinks his family name shouldn't hold Jeb back if he does.

A suicide bomber attacked a secondary school in the violence-torn region of northeast Nigeria. Dozens of students are reported to have been killed.

Former President George W. Bush sat down with NPR's David Greene to discuss a book he's written about his father, the other ex-President Bush. This week, we'll hear their conversation.

A couple in Berryville, Va., removed paint from a stairwell in their house. They found graffiti from the 1860s that Confederate soldiers had drawn of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Richard Branson had reportedly offered the group $800 million. But Robert Plant says he never received such an offer.

Renaissance woman Hedy Lamarr was born on this day 100 years ago. Not only was she a major screen actress, she was also an inventor. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates speaks with Lamarr biographer Richard Rhodes.

Integrating solar panels into a bike commuter path, a special roadway outside Amsterdam will generate power that's then funneled into the national energy grid.