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As researchers and engineers analyze the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, it's becoming clear that Houston's runaway development had a big role to play in flooding.

The situation is so bad that doctors are describing it as a public health emergency and calling for the government to order an evacuation of the city.

A sweeping new report surveys what's known about the effectiveness of policing strategies. It's crucial information for cities such as Chicago and Baltimore, as they cope with surging violence.

Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency.On this week's show, we discuss the meaning of that…

Legendary director Takashi Miike's new film, Blade of the Immortal, is the filmmaker's 100th movie. For someone known for totally bonkers violence, this movie is even more bananas and is being touted as the most over-the-top samurai movie ever made.

A miniature masterpiece carved on an ancient seal stone is changing ideas about art history. Jack Davis helped discover the Pylos Combat Agate in Greece and tells Scott Simon why it's so important.

"What we're talking about is the new concept of so-called hybrid war, which a government wages but won't admit to," Gennady Gudkov, a retired KGB colonel, tells NPR. "It's extremely hard to prove."

Stephen Stills from the group Crosby, Stills & Nash and Judy Collins come together after 50 years for their first album together, Everybody Knows.

More cities and counties across the U.S. will now be using public funds to provide representation for immigrants at risk of being deported.

The Sunday launch of an Antares rocket from Wallop Islands has some 7,400 pounds aboard. The rocket was developed by private firm Orbital ATK, which conducts supply missions for NASA.