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Scott Simon speaks to journalist Umaru Fofana about the deadly tanker explosion outside Freetown, Sierra Leone today.

The world's population continues to grow, but at a slower rate as people have fewer children. The U.N. predicts it will not reach 9 billion for another 15 years.

Demonstrators gathered outside the Hollywood studio where Jimmy Kimmel films his late night show to protest ABC's suspension of the comedian.

Louder Than a Bomb, the world's largest poetry slam, started in Chicago in 2001 and has now expanded to 15 cities, including Cincinnati. The event serves…

King Charles commissioned fashion students to repurpose old curtains from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Curtains, some from the 50s, are now jackets and kimonos that look new.

The number of people fleeing Haiti on boats for the dangerous journey to the U.S. is spiking and has led to tragedies, including 17 deaths when an overloaded boat capsized in the Bahamas.

Advisers to the CDC met to discuss some side effects associated with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. In a small number of recipients the vaccines may be causing temporary inflammation to the heart.

Ilona and Claude Blouin are among the Americans in U.S. quarantine after going to China. They were visiting their son Craig in Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus epidemic. He stayed in Wuhan.

Fourteen people are facing charges in Ohio for stealing more than $50 million from Medicaid, behavioral health services, federal funds for COVID relief and individual victims across the US.

Economists look for signs that a recession may be approaching by monitoring consumer confidence and business sentiment — two indicators of uncertainty.