NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who's in Raleigh, N.C. FEMA has been kept busy with Hurricane Helene as Milton heads to Florida.

Only a week in office and the mayor of a small Mexican town is assassinated -- as cartel violence continues to spiral out of control.

As Israel marked one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, the war is expanding. In Gaza and Lebanon, Monday was a day of airstrikes and evacuation orders.

A septuagenarian multi-media artist is on a road trip with two young filmmakers and a new print of a groundbreaking movie she ...

Most of the people who live in Poplar, N.C, are seniors. One priority is securing propane and kerosene heaters to keep them ...

More than half of young adults feel anxious, angry and powerless over climate change, a recent survey found. But there are ...

The government contends that ghost guns kits count as a firearm under a 1968 law. But those challenging the rule contend “a ...

In 2017, President Trump rolled out tax incentives to encourage investment in low-income and distressed communities. There were concerns investors would benefit more than residents.

Researchers found that two individuals of a type of jellyfish can fuse and become one with a shared nervous system and digestive system. It has implications for animal regeneration and immune systems.

Football is underway and already fans are being treated to some great games courtesy of some unexpected players: rookie quarterbacks. It's not often so many rookie QBs make such an immediate impact.

Abortion restrictions, taxes and everyday issues are among the laws Kansas Republicans have imposed through their "supermajority" in the Legislature. Democrats aim to end its reign.

Two American biologists have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a crucial way genes are regulated.