Tropical Storm Dorian Puts Puerto Rico On Hurricane Watch; Florida Also In Path
The longer-range forecast calls for Dorian to reach Florida over the weekend.
Latin America
Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn't want the money — unless it comes with an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron.
G-7 Leaders Back $20 Million Package To Help Fight Amazon Fires
NPR's Noel King talks to Nigel Sizer, chief program officer at the Rainforest Alliance, about the impact the fires are having on the communities and species that live in the rainforest.
Whatever Happened To ... The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America?
Some researchers now say that tens of thousands of deaths due to kidney failure may be linked to climate change. But others aren't so sure.
SOS From Brazil's Amazon Fire Protesters: 'We Need The World's Help Right Now'
Protesters took to the streets across Brazil this weekend to voice outrage over the fires burning through the Amazon.
Tropical Storm Dorian Menaces Barbados, Could Become A Hurricane Tuesday
Tropical Storm Dorian "is expected to be a hurricane when it moves near Puerto Rico and eastern Hispaniola" this week, the National Hurricane Center says.
Amazon Rainforest Fires Put A Spotlight On Illegal Land Grabbers
Inside the Amazon rainforest, wildcat miners dig out rocks and grind them down in search of gold. These illegal operators are blamed for deforestation, pollution and driving people off their land.
G-7 Leaders Pledge Money To Help Amazon Nations Fight Rainforest Blazes, Macron Says
As the summit in France wrapped up, Brazil's far-right president tweeted that the international alliance treats his country "as if we were a colony or no man's land."
U.S. Focused On Migration As Guatemala's President Kills Anti-Corruption Effort
Guatemala's president ended the mandate of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission.The Trump administration hasn't intervened because it's focused on sealing a migration accord.
In 'Tigers Are Not Afraid,' A Dark Fantasy Amid Mexico's Drug War
Director Issa López blends magical realism and horror with the current events of her native country in the story of young Estrella, who meets a street gang of fellow orphan children.