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It's been a year since an earthquake caused such devastation in the mountains of Pakistan. But the nightmare continues for Ira Riaz. Her husband was among the 73,000 people killed in the earthquake. Since then, she lost her son in a landslide caused by an aftershock. She now spends her days swatting the flies gathering on the wounded limbs of her nine-year-old daughter, Samia, who lost both her legs in the landslide that killed her brother.

In 2024 elections around the world incumbents faced stiff challenges from unsettled electorates and often lost power.

The IRS estimates that more than $65 million has been lost to phone tax scammers in the past five years. The calls are most common during tax season in March and April.

Ranchers in Colorado are struggling to rebuild thousands of miles of fence lost to big wildfires this summer, which can cost $20,000 per mile.

The global economy may be suffering from lost productivity as people get swept by World Cup fever, a survey shows. This small business owner would know. She's spent most of her days watching matches.

A father who lost his 18-year-old daughter in the flooding at Texas' Camp Mystic now advocates for greater protections at other camps for young people.

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

Yann Martel's new novel tells two tales: one a lost classical epic, the other a personal tragedy told in footnotes. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new novel, Son of Nobody.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said that it has received notification of 10 fire-related deaths as firefighters battle multiple blazes for a third consecutive night.

Economist Sonali Deraniyagala lost her husband, parents and two sons in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Wave is her searing, unflinching account of learning to live with that loss, and of allowing herself to remember the life that she lost.