What happens after the fire
NPR's Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after a wildfire.
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The growing movement against noise pollution
As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier.
Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean
After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a "renal condition."
Hurricane Hilary prompts flood watch from Mexico to north of Los Angeles
Hurricane Hilary continues her march toward Baja California, and people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are getting ready for projected heavy rains and flooding.
Opinion: Corporate ballpark names just don't have that special ring
NPR's Scott Simon ponders stadium naming rights: how relatively inexpensive it is for companies to link their brands to major league ballparks and football fields.
Officials in Lahaina are trying to get mental health support to displaced residents
Besides the challenges of displacement and recovery, officials are scrambling to support the enormous mental health needs of Lahaina residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history.
The Camp David summit signals a new chapter for U.S. alliances in Asia
Leaders in South Korea, Japan and the United States are celebrating new security agreements announced Friday. The plans, which are not treaties, come as the countries' Asian rivals also grow closer.
Ten California police officers have been charged for violating civil rights
A two-year FBI investigation into allegations of abusive policing in two Bay Area communities has resulted in charges against ten police officers there.
As Maui struggles to rebuild, one Oregon man's story potentially shows the way
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tony Chavez about rebuilding after a devastating fire. Chavez lost his home in 2020, during one of the worst fires ever in Oregon.
A Philadelphia suburb is taking gun control into its own hands
Reforming gun laws is notoriously difficult in Congress. So some communities have taken to passing their own firearms restrictictions.