Brian Mann

The National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies are looking at the qualifications of the driver, the vehicle's condition and the layout of the intersection. Twenty people were killed.

As the Florence recovery effort continues, volunteers from across the South are helping care for the dogs and cats separated from their owners. The goal: reunite as many pets and people as possible.

On Wednesday, President Trump toured communities in North Carolina that were damaged by Hurricane Florence.

People in and around the Carolinas are hurting in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The storm left more than 30 people dead and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity and shelter.

As tropical storm Florence lumbers west through the Carolinas, river towns face more heavy rain and rising waters. In Lumberton, N.C., officials say a deteriorating levee threatens hundreds of homes.

A spike in shootings and gun deaths in Canada has some activists and politicians calling for tougher gun control laws while others want police to be given broader authority to monitor gang activity.

After reaching a handshake agreement with Mexico to redo NAFTA, President Trump immediately sought to exert pressure on Canada to make concessions in any revised trade deal.

Summer is at its peak in the Adirondack Mountains. That means wild flowers, croaking frogs, alpine views and leaps into ice-cold swimming holes. We take a hike to capture the sounds of the season.

President Trump has had a terrible week, with two former associates guilty of federal crimes. That story is being told very differently in the right and left-leaning media that many Americans follow.

A small group of white supremacists gathered near the White House Sunday in Lafayette Park. They were protected by a huge police presence keeping them separated from hundreds of counterdemonstrators.

An update on the march by white supremacists in Washington D.C.

The NRA's attorneys claimed that the group is in financial peril and could be forced to shut down some or all of its operations.

The National Rifle Association says insurance companies are backing away from the organization, threatening its ability to operate.

A growing number of suicide prevention groups are partnering with the gun industry to stem gun-related suicides. Critics say the gun industry isn't doing enough to warn gun-buyers about the risks.

The overwhelming majority of gun deaths in America don't involve bad guys with guns — they're caused by people deliberately harming themselves. The U.S. experiences more than 60 gun suicides daily.

Conservative media haven't been as supportive as usual of President Trump after the Helsinki summit in which he appeared to side with Russia's president over the U.S. intelligence community.

Trail running mixes a deep experience of the outdoors with the ancient practice of running long distances As it gains popularity, NPR looks at a 12-mile race through one of the wildest corners of New York's Adirondack Mountains.

Media outlets such as Fox News and Breitbart defended the president and his zero tolerance policy on the border. But the narrative began to unravel as it became clear Trump would reverse course.

Canadians are reeling after President Trump and his advisers launched a new war of words against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canadians fear the damage a full-blown trade war with the U.S. could do to their economy, but say Trudeau shouldn't back down.

Canada has responded to U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum and maple syrup with $16.6 billion worth of tariffs on U.S. products including beer, toilet paper and whiskey.