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As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.

Getting water has been a struggle for people in Asheville, N.C., where the water system was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Helene.

Hurricane Helene left widespread damage in western North Carolina, where officials are still looking for at least 600 people unaccounted for.

Manchester is where the Industrial Revolution was born. It's also where Marx & Engels lived & coined the term 'proletariat.' NPR looks at the origins of an idea every politician has sought to co-opt.

Good hiking trails can be hard to come by on the East Coast. So some are working to expand the network of trails by carving new public paths through private land. (First aired on ATC July 24, 2023.)

Two decades after Maximus fought and died in ancient Rome's Colosseum in the first film, his son Lucius, played by Paul Mescal, finds himself in much the same situation in Gladiator II.

Customarily, the Fed and other central banks do as much as they can to keep markets calm. This time they're the reason behind the volatility.

A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: A little more than 20 years ago, Virginia Squire and her then 8-year-old daughter were traveling in England. Then something unexpected happened.