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This image provided by the National Hurricane Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a satellite view as Hurricane Fiona moves up the United States Atlantic coast, Thursday night, Sept. 22, 2022. Hurricane Fiona pounded Bermuda with heavy rains and winds as it swept by the island on a route that has it reaching northeastern Canada as a still-powerful storm late Friday. (NOAA via AP)

Powerful Hurricane Fiona roars by Bermuda as it approaches Canada

Hurricane Fiona pounded Bermuda with heavy rains and winds early Friday as it swept by the island on a route forecast to have it approaching Canada late in the day as a still-powerful storm.

Flu is expected to flare up in U.S. this winter, raising fears of a 'twindemic'

After virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.

A can of Toddler Nutritional Drink is shown on a shelf in a grocery store, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Here's what the FDA says contributed to the baby formula shortage crisis

The Food and Drug Administration rattled off 15 reasons behind the national baby formula shortage, but couldn't identify a specific person or agency responsible.

Venezuelan asylum seekers Kimberly González, 35, her husband Denny Velasco, 40, and their children Mathias Velasco, 3, and Mia Velasco, 10 months old, pass their time as they wait for a bus that will take them to their next destination at Mission: Border Hope in Eagle Pass, Texas on Sept. 8, 2022. Kimberly says, “We are not bad people, we just want the best for our children.” Denny says that he admires his wife because they made it to the U.S. after going through very difficult situations such as crossing dangerous jungles where even strong men die and considering that she is a very delicate person even for being a woman in addition to be on the journey with their two little kids. “I admire her even more now because each of us with a kid in our arms got to cross, but unfortunately not everyone can make it.” Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR

A dramatic shift at the border as migrants converge on a remote corner of South Texas

Migrants from across the hemisphere are increasingly crossing the border in a remote corner of South Texas. The shift has big implications for border towns like Eagle Pass — and the entire country.

Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka reacts during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Boston Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for the upcoming season

The coach — who led the Celtics to the NBA finals last season — says he accepts the team's decision. The organization cited "violations of team policies" but did not give specifics.

FILE - Winner of the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction Hilary Mantel with their book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central London, on Oct. 6, 2009. Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” saga, has died, publisher HarperCollins said Friday Sept. 23, 2022. She was 70. (AP Photo/ Alastair Grant, File)

Hilary Mantel, author of the 'Wolf Hall' Tudor saga, dies at 70

The Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said.

From left to right: Philippa, 23, from Sydney, Laura, 23, from Melbourne, and Isabella, 23, also from Sydney, heading inside Tresor, one of Germany’s foremost electronic music clubs, located in Berlin Kreuzberg. The club is located inside a former power plant, Sunday morning, 1:30 am, September 4, 2022.

How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin's famed techno scene

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn "techno tourists." That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city's curfew following World War II.

Riot police detain demonstrators during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, effective immediately. (AP Photo)

Russians are protesting and fleeing the country as Putin orders a draft for Ukraine

The mobilization of thousands more troops to bolster the military campaign in Ukraine is rippling across Russia, as the military swiftly drafts new recruits and signs of discontent appear to spread.

Monkey thieves, drunk elephants — Mary Roach reveals a weird world of animal 'crime'

Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her book, Fuzz. She says animals tend to ignore the rules we try to impose on them — and they often have the last laugh. Originally broadcast Sept. 14, 2021.

Lebanese Red Cross ambulances carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they received them from the Syrian side, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

At least 77 people died when a boat carrying migrants sank off Syria, an official says

The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better future in Europe.

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