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The Mississippi River is expected to crest Sunday. Officials in low-lying New Orleans don't expect this time to be as bad as last month, but they're not taking any chances.

The results of the country's first free election in 25 years were declared official Friday. The party, led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, now has a clear path to select the next president.

Since October, a natural gas storage well near Los Angeles has been spewing hundreds of tons of methane gas each day. The leak isn't expected to be fixed for months.

The inconsistencies of U.S. immigration policy is in focus in El Salvador. Two groups of migrants — Cubans and El Salvadorans — receive very different receptions at the U.S. border.

Gunmen attacked a university in Charsadda, Pakistan, killing at least 20 people. Steve Inskeep talks to Jonathan Boone, a reporter with The Guardian. Charsadda has been the scene of previous attacks.

To celebrate the feast of Epiphany marking the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, thousands of Russian Orthodox faithful take a dip in icy waters. How does it feel? "Absolutely good," one man says.

NPR's Rachel Martin asks professor Staci Simonich if it's okay to eat snow. Also, our listeners called in with some of their favorite recipes using freshly fallen snow.

The are 11 Republican presidential candidates competing in the Iowa caucuses. Senator Marco Rubio has tried to distinguish himself from the presidential pack on matters of national security.

With the polls tightening a week ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the real-estate mogul is continuing to raise questions about whether the Texas senator is even eligible for the White House.

Link Between Navajo Suicides, Mine Spill Not Clear-Cut - Felicia Fonseca, Associated PressThe top two leaders on the Navajo Nation say recent suicides in…