Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home
In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.
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The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66
The new tally of 66 people still missing represents a significant drop from a week earlier, when authorities said 385 remained unaccounted for. The confirmed death toll remains at 115.
Judge rejects Mark Meadows' efforts to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court
The former White House chief of staff to former President Donald Trump argued he should be tried in federal court. A federal judge disagreed, signaling how other defendants may be tried.
Biden administration urges Supreme Court to hear case on major abortion pill
The Justice Department pressured the Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider the fate of mifepristone in the U.S. The abortion pill may be dramatically limited if the court decides not to review.
Are the effects of extreme weather changing how we're thinking about climate change?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Anthony Leiserowitz with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication about what the climate disasters this summer mean for society's perception of climate change.
Here are some life-enhancing habits from communities where people live the longest
Dan Buettner has spent decades exploring the lifestyles and diets of people in remote places where living to 100 is more common. Here are life-enhancing habits from these 'blue zones.'
Oklahoma is promoting a history curriculum using videos by conservative group PragerU
Oklahoma has joined Florida in allowing videos from the conservative group PragerU in classrooms. Officials say it's a way to give a pro-American education. Critics call it right-wing indoctrination.
Intensely powerful Hurricane Lee will slow down over the ocean, forecasters say
It took just 24 hours for Lee's maximum sustained winds to rocket from 80 mph to 160 mph. Now the hurricane's intensity is fluctuating.
The Texas power grid struggles through heatwave
Earlier this week, Texas came close to a blackout. Another heat wave had people using their air conditioners into the evenings because temperatures didn't cool off. The grid nearly couldn't keep up.
Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about accusations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville is putting national security at risk by blocking Pentagon confirmations in protest.