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At least six people are dead and others badly injured or missing, after an event Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "devastating." Now, some are wondering why tourists were there in the first place.

Brands are expected to spend up to $10 billion by next year on social media influencers. But some companies are fighting back, accusing influencers of just trying to get something for nothing.

Google disputes that they fired the employees for organizing activity, but rather for seeking and sharing documents outside the scope of their jobs.

Canberra, Melbourne and other areas of southeast Australia were hit by golf-ball-sized hail that destroyed car windshields, killed birds and shredded the leaves off trees.

The death of the basketball legend on the same day as the Grammy Awards left an indelible mark on the ceremony.

NPR's David Greene talks to Jake Spring, a reporter for Reuters, about much of Brazil's Amazon rainforest being ravaged by fire. There's been an 80 percent increase in fires over the last year.

Some 13,000 people were evacuated from the area surrounding Taal Volcano, about 45 miles south of the capital, Manila. Authorities warned that a second explosive eruption could come in hours or days.

Apple rejected a Justice Department request to unlock two phones used by the Saudi gunman who killed three sailors in Florida. It's another standoff between the government and Apple over privacy.

NASA is conceiving a new generation of robotic rovers that will change shape to travel in a range of alien environments.

Among new state laws now in effect: one that seeks to deter services that promise expedited DMV appointments and another that bans pot smoking on party buses.