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Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness.

NPR's Tamara Keith steps into the cocktail bar Death & Co in Washington, D.C., to find out which movie-inspired drinks will set the mood for New Year's Eve.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Violent storms and tornadoes swept across Iowa on Tuesday, leaving multiple people dead and dozens injured. The city of Greenfield in southwestern Iowa took a direct hit from a powerful twister.

Head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi says the financial crisis has exposed the inadequacy of the euro monetary union. The head of the European Central Bank says flaws in the system need to be fixed.

A massive car bomb explosion in one of Hezbollah's Beirut strongholds left dozens of people wounded. It's the latest and deadliest response to the militant group's moves to support the embattled Syrian government's battle against rebel forces.

Ukraine's power plant employees are battling to keep the infrastructure running in the face of Russian attacks.

The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees.

When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 20th century, it didn’t just change how Americans got around. It transformed the country itself.

Born and raised in South Africa to Christian parents, Nakhane now makes electronic music about queerness, blackness and survival.