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The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, and launched a decades-long international manhunt for the attackers.

The game's jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.9 billion — one of the largest in U.S. lottery history.

Voters will decide whether the city's first openly gay and first Black female mayor will win reelection or face a runoff. Why is the incumbent mayor facing so many challengers?

Chris Sharma is hailed as the world's best rock climber and has mastered some of the most spectacular and difficult routes in the sport's history.

History remembers Arthur Burns as the Fed chair who let inflation run rampant. That's precisely the outcome that current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wants to avoid.

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

The report — a first-of-its-kind for the agency — examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers.

The true history of April Fools' has been a mystery for ages. The theories around its origin story have involved everything from Roman gods and fake popes to the Gregorian calendar and gullible fish.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Sue Mi Terry, Director of the Wilson Center's Asia Program, about new efforts to normalize relations between South Korea and Japan.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Allan Alcorn, the creator of Pong, about how the game impacted the industry and his life. Pong was released by Atari 50 years ago.