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Homegrown NH: Get rid of 'creeping Jenny' for good

The ground cover, “creeping Jenny,” is invasive and prohibited for sale in the state, but it still manages to overspread lawns, gardens, and natural areas.

The Terrain Hotel compound was ransacked by South Sudanese troops, who went on to attack foreign aid workers holed up there.

U.N. Report Addresses Gang Rape Of Aid Workers In South Sudan

The brutal rape left aid agencies wondering whether to pull out their foreign staff. Now the U.N. has issued a report — and taken action.

Livermore: A Postcard From A Ghost Town

Beginning around 1876 the town of Livermore was a hectic, noisy logging town in Northern Grafton County not far from Bartlett.NHPR’s Chris Jensen went in…

Plant manager Ron Vander Groef says the white ash used to make Rawlings baseball bats could be wiped out by emerald ash borers within the next few years.

A Beetle May Soon Strike Out Baseball's Famous Ash Bats

Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive beetle that's spreading in forests across the Northeast.

Invasive Beetle Survey Finds Infestation Along Merrimack River

A survey is now underway in Concord, to determine how far an infestation of invasive beetles has spread. The Emerald Ash Borer has been detected in trees…

Ask Sam: Am I Crazy or Am I Hearing More Woodpeckers?

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown tackles a question from a listener. Susanne from Rumney asks: "I’ve been going for…

Catherine Serou is a U.S. citizen studying in Russia.

A U.S. Citizen Has Gone Missing In Russia, Sparking A Criminal Investigation

Catherine Serou, a U.S. citizen studying in Russia, has been missing since she got into a car with a stranger earlier this week.

You 2.0: Our Better Nature

If you live in a big city, you may have noticed new buildings popping up — a high-rise here, a skyscraper there. The concrete jungles that we've built over the past century have allowed millions of us to live in close proximity, and modern economies to flourish. But what have we given up by moving away from the forest environments in which humans first evolved? This week, we revisit our 2018 conversation about the healing power of nature with psychologist Ming Kuo.

People watch the Address Downtown hotel burning on Thursday after a huge fire ripped through the luxury hotel in Dubai.

Fire Erupts At Building In Downtown Dubai; Doesn't Interrupt Fireworks

A hotel near the site of Dubai's planned New Year's Eve fireworks display broke out in flames Thursday. News reports said at least 20 stories were on fire. Dubai's media office reports 16 injuries.

Smoke billows from a car bomb in Damascus, Syria.

U.N. Determines Syrian Forces, Their Allies And Rebels Committed War Crimes

Syrian rebels claim responsibility for a bomb that went off near the hotel used by the United Nations observer team. None of the UN staffers was hurt.

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