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More than 100 Japanese peacekeepers have landed in the capital of South Sudan. Their mandate includes using force, if necessary, to protect aid workers and others.

It's a story of poor phone connections, suitcases full of Russian snacks, non-optional love of borsch and a globetrotting meat grinder.

In 2015, a first edition copy of Gabriel García Márquez's classic was stolen from a Bogota book fair. Many cases in that city go unsolved, but local law enforcement went all out to find the book.

The death toll is rising after 14 coaches of a passenger train rolled off track early Sunday, police say. More than 200 additional travelers are injured. The cause of the crash is still unknown.

A bidding war was sparked between the United States and Italy over a 2.5-pound truffle, but the winner might have been the city of Philadelphia, which is trying to shine as a gourmet food town.

FanDuel and DraftKings, two major online fantasy sports companies, merged this week. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mike Pesca of Slate about their financial difficulties.

When an acquaintance goes missing, Dory (Alia Shawkat) takes it upon herself to investigate. Co-creators Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss poke fun at millennials in the new, dark TBS comedy.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says Tuesday's magnitude 7.4 quake triggered moderate tsunamis. Seven hours after the quake, all tsunami warnings and advisories were canceled.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, leads the Republican incumbent by 6,600 votes, with both candidates hovering just below the 49 percent mark.

The fledgling legal market for marijuana is around $7 billion, and the recent passage of legalization measures in eight states has sparked a surge of interest from investors in an expanding industry.