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Robert Mugabe has died at 95. He led Zimbabwe from its independence from Britain in 1980 until 2017.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Vickie Woolard, one of the owners of a family-run construction company working in the Outer Banks, about Hurricane Dorian's arrival in North Carolina.

NPR's Noel King talks to economics journalist Binyamin Appelbaum, whose new book traces what he describes as a revolution in the way we think about the U.S. economy.

A new study finds that a person's attention is depleted just by having a smartphone in sight.

A man in central India says crows attack him when he leaves the house. He thinks it's related to an incident from years ago.

BahamasEvac Services founder and owner Neko Gibson talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about what he's seen during his company's search and rescue efforts.

Recovery and rescue efforts are underway in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. Also, health officials are looking at the role of vitamin E and vaping in respiratory illnesses.

With maximum sustained winds of about 90 mph, Dorian was a Category 1 storm when its eye crossed over Cape Hatteras. It is now moving northeast at 24 mph.

Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.

Before-and-after satellite imagery shows just how staggering the devastation is across the Bahamas, with entire neighborhoods drowning in floodwaters.