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Mount Spurr in Alaska is likely to erupt soon. So people are buying goggles and masks to protect themselves from ash — and also pet versions to protect their dogs.

The staff of a wildlife preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying desperately to keep their gorillas from exposure to Ebola. Gorillas can get it and almost all of them die from it.

Republicans in Iowa are gathering at sites representing more than 1,700 precincts. Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Ted Robbins, who reports from a Republican caucus site in Ankeny, Iowa.

The National Capital Planning Commission greenlit preliminary site and building plans after hours of public pushback. It wants more details before what could be its final review in September.

European soccer associations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament.

Gov. Kathy Hochul attacks campaign challenger over support for Trump policies.

Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal.

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is home to the world's largest urban rain forest. Woven among the city's bustling neighborhoods are soaring tree canopies, waterfalls, and miles of hiking trails.

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is turning to two familiar faces to lead its next chapter. Deputy Director Jillian Jones and Chief Curator Cathleen Chaffee will become the museum’s first co-directors this fall, a move leaders say reflects the institution’s growth following its major campus expansion.

Russia is experiencing its first anthrax outbreak in more than 70 years. One child died. Health officials think it might have been triggered by warming permafrost, which unleashed dormant bacteria.