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Nov 12, 2018
Personal artifacts of a Founding Father will be on display in Philadelphia through March 2019. They were loaned by a fifth great-grandson.
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Nov 12, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott about the raging wildfires in California.
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Nov 12, 2018
Two massive wildfires continue to threaten California's Ventura and northwestern Los Angeles county. Driven by high winds and dry conditions, they've forced evacuation of 75,000 homes.
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Nov 12, 2018
Recounts in three disputed Florida elections continue as lawyers for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott spar over disputed ballots in the Senate race.
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Nov 12, 2018
The Associated Press projects that Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has defeated Republican Martha McSally, flipping the seat held by Republican Jeff Flake.
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Nov 12, 2018
The Rock Store is a biker bar in Cornell, Calif., — north of Malibu and in the shadow of the deadly Woolsey Fire. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the owner Rich Savko about the destruction he's seeing.
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Nov 12, 2018
Ballots are still being counted is the Arizona Senate race. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema now leads Republican Martha McSally and may be able to flip a Republican-held Senate seat.
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Nov 12, 2018
Climate change as well as the way people have managed forests in the west are leading to more big fires. And more people live in harm's way.
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Nov 12, 2018
The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the nation's infrastructure a D-plus grade and says it will take trillions to bring it up to par. But finding the funding is a bipartisan problem.
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Nov 12, 2018
"At the insistence of the Holy See, we will not be voting" on a standard of conduct and other actions, said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Nov 12, 2018
Lee gave us over six decades' worth of superheroes we could identify with, characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, who reacted to super-powered crises in believably flawed, human ways.
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Nov 12, 2018
Rain was best known for the eerie, sonorous voice he lent to HAL 9000 in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film. However, he was also celebrated for his decades of performances on the Shakespearean stage.
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Nov 12, 2018
Wildfires tear through northern and southern California. Florida recounts ballots in the races for governor and U.S. senator. And former first lady Michelle Obama's book, Becoming, is out Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2018
Firefighters are racing against wind to control blazes raging in two areas of the state. David Greene talks to Andrew Fox, mayor of Thousand Oaks, and reporter Sonja Hutson of member station KQED.
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Nov 12, 2018
We've been bringing you voices from across California where fires rage on both ends of the state. Johnny and Shandra Fortier fled their mobile home in Southern California. Their home didn't survive.
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Nov 12, 2018
Last week in Thousand Oaks, a shooter opened fire at a bar killing 12 people before taking his own life. Just a day later, a massive fire forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
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Nov 12, 2018
Thirty miles outside of Dayton, Ohio, is a tribute to aviation history. Russ Turner turned a 10-acre field into a replica of a WWI aerodrome. This year, 18 pilots flew their replica planes there.
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Nov 12, 2018
We've been bringing you voices from across California where fires rage on both ends of the state. Johnny and Shandra Fortier fled their mobile home which didn't survive the wildfire.
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Nov 12, 2018
After decades, a Connecticut man found his grandfather's grave in the Netherlands, and the Dutch family members that were the grave's volunteer caretakers.
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Nov 12, 2018
A chemical in common paint removal products is implicated in more than 50 deaths. Even though a federal ban has been delayed, some major retailers are voluntarily taking the products off shelves.
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Nov 12, 2018
In two audio clips from her memoir, set to hit shelves Tuesday, the former first lady reads about her life at Princeton and about her difficulties having a baby.
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Nov 11, 2018
Firefighters are racing against wind gusts to control blazes raging in two areas of the state. In Northern California, officials say six more bodies were found.
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Nov 11, 2018
Republican Dan Crenshaw is one of at least 16 new veterans who were elected to the House in the midterm elections.
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Nov 11, 2018
"We are not anti-gun: we are anti-bullet holes in our patients," wrote one physician in response to the NRA. Another posted a photo of his own scrubs, bloody from trying to save a gunshot victim.
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Nov 11, 2018
In the past year, NPR's Leila Fadel has had to report on the mass shooting in Las Vegas, and last week's shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that left 13 dead, including the gunman.
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Nov 11, 2018
New York Times columnist Kevin Roose was tracking trolls and fake news on social media during the run up to the midterm elections .
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, about union strategies following the midterm elections.
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Trump White House official Marc Short about how the administration plans to work with a Democratic House of Representatives.
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Nov 11, 2018
Garrard Conley's memoir of growing up as the gay son of a conservative Baptist preacher has been made into a movie. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin.
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Nov 11, 2018
The first of thousands of active duty troops ordered to the border by President Trump have reached the Rio Grande Valley. While some local activists criticize the deployment as a political stunt, others welcome the troops as a necessary strengthening of the border.
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Nov 11, 2018
Wildfires have killed at least 25 people in California, including at least 23 in the northern part of the state, where thousands of homes have also been destroyed.
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the mayor of Chico, Calif., Sean Morgan, about the wildfires sweeping the region.
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Nov 11, 2018
Last week, Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson mocked then Texas Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw. After much criticism, the two made-up on air this Saturday.
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Nov 11, 2018
In a speech at the Arc de Triomphe, French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at the style of nationalism that has been embraced by President Trump.
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Nov 11, 2018
Outdoor cats kill as many as 4 billion birds each year in this country. But how many cats are there, really? Now a team of technicians is trying to count Washington, D.C.'s feral felines.
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Nov 11, 2018
It's been a wild time for President Trump post-midterms. After a combative week with the press, he went to France, where he separated himself further from European allies.
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Democrat of Texas, to discuss what the midterm results mean for the House science committee.
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Nov 11, 2018
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidance on spanking children: Don't do it, ever. Dr. Jennifer Shu speaks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about why the guidance is so strong now.
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Nov 11, 2018
We hear the story of a man who is caught at the intersection of President Trump's many immigration policies over the past two years.
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Loren Lighthall, principal of Paradise High School. Paradise, California, has been devastated by what's believed to be the most destructive fire in state history.
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Nov 11, 2018
Florida's races for governor and U.S. Senate are being recounted, as key races in Arizona, Georgia, California and other states remain unresolved five days after the midterm elections.
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Nov 11, 2018
For decades the Navajo Generating Station provided a good livelihood for Navajo and Hopi tribes. But the plant is scheduled to close next year, leaving 500 workers scrambling for an alternative.
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Nov 11, 2018
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro gives you a roundup of some ballot initiatives that you may have overlooked from around the country.
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Nov 11, 2018
President Trump has tapped Matthew Whitaker to lead the Justice Department. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Asha Rangappa, a former FBI Special Agent and lawyer, about what might be next.
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Nov 11, 2018
A series of fires have left at least 25 dead. KQED's Sonja Hutson is near the 'Camp Fire' evacuation zone and gives us the latest updates.
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Nov 11, 2018
Fenton Caldwell was a reconnaissance pilot who was flying over France on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1918. His niece, Joy Panagides, shared an audio recording of his memories of the day.
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Nov 11, 2018
Thanks to a mix of retirements and defeats on Tuesday, some of the most high-profile lawmakers will soon be exiting Capitol Hill, from Paul Ryan to Beto O'Rourke to Claire McCaskill.
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Nov 11, 2018
To mark five decades since his unit fought in the Battle of Ben Cui in Vietnam, NPR video producer Kara Frame's father got the guys together. It was more than a reunion; it was a way to heal.
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Nov 10, 2018
One of the fires "came to play with a vengeance," said Scott McLean, a deputy chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "Nothing is going to stop this fire."
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Nov 10, 2018
More than 250,000 have been driven out of their homes as the state was engulfed by five identified fires, from north to south.
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Nov 10, 2018
One of the fires "came to play with a vengeance," said Scott McLean, a deputy chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "Nothing is going to stop this fire."
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Nov 10, 2018
Wildfires have caused major destruction and led to massive evacuations in California. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with reporter Stephanie O'Neill.
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Nov 10, 2018
The release of Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon, who was imprisoned for shooting and injuring an abortion provider, has clinics on edge amid increased harassment of clinics since President Trump took office.
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Nov 10, 2018
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan and Poynter Institute senior vice president Kelly McBride.
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Nov 10, 2018
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the shakeup at the Department of Justice.
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Nov 10, 2018
Alberto Gonzales says there are "legitimate questions" about whether Matthew Whitaker can serve as acting attorney general without Senate confirmation.
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Nov 10, 2018
The release of Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon, who was imprisoned for shooting and injuring an abortion provider in 1993, has clinics on edge amid increased harassment of clinics that provide abortions.
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Nov 10, 2018
Before a meeting of world leaders, meant to signal that tragedies of the war are long past, the presidents had a rough start. Trump called Macron's proposal for a European military "insulting."
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Nov 10, 2018
Machine counting of votes will begin this week after narrow margins were reported in the races for governor and U.S. Senate.
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Nov 10, 2018
Leah Penniman's new book teaches farming to address issues such as racism, health disparities and food access. She also traces some farming technologies back to their widely unknown African roots.
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Nov 10, 2018
A federal judge in Montana blocked further work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline this week. Construction was scheduled to start in January 2019 and TransCanada says it's still committed to the project.
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Nov 10, 2018
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jim Doyle about his role in the Watergate prosecutor's office and how the Saturday Night Massacre compares with what's happening in today's Justice Department.
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Nov 10, 2018
Pain medications commonly used in labor present medical and mental challenges for pregnant women recovering from opioid addiction.
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Nov 10, 2018
Wildfires across California are fueled by late-season Santa Ana winds. The Camp Fire in northern California destroyed the town of Paradise while more fires threaten southern parts of California.
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Nov 10, 2018
Voters in two states approved changing their state constitutions to no longer protect abortion rights. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with activist Robin Marty about abortion rights post-midterms.
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Nov 10, 2018
A woman who lost her 17-year-old African-American son in a shooting, won a long-held GOP House seat near Atlanta. Democrat Lucy McBath made gun control a top issue in her campaign.
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Nov 10, 2018
The investigation continues into the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif. earlier this week. Authorities are still trying to discern a motive.
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Nov 10, 2018
This week Freed of London released its new line of ballet shoes for dancers of color. We hear from black professional and student ballerinas about what this news means to them.
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Nov 10, 2018
A new Pew Research Center survey found roughly half of U.S. adults who use YouTube say it's helped them learn how to do new things, from how to knit to how to give a cat subcutaneous fluids.
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Nov 10, 2018
President Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron today in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
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Nov 10, 2018
Scott Simon speaks with Linsday Harris of the American Immigration Lawyers Association about the Trump administration's new rule to deny migrants who enter the U.S. illegally from seeking asylum.
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Nov 10, 2018
Glory Edim loves to read and talk about what she is reading. So she started the 'Well Read Black Girl' book club that became a national phenomenon.
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Nov 10, 2018
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with U.S.Marine Corps veteran Scott Cooper about his initiative for veterans to interact at the community level and bridge political divides.
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Nov 09, 2018
"It was very difficult being married to a man that felt like politics was his destiny," the former first lady tells All Things Considered host Audie Cornish in a wide-ranging interview about her life.
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Nov 09, 2018
A 30-count indictment was handed up in Manhattan federal court on Friday for Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man who is accused of sending pipe bombs by mail to prominent Trump critics.
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Nov 09, 2018
Thirteen people on the bus were killed. Jack Young made a tearful apology to the victims' families on Friday. He was under the influence of drugs when he drove head-on into the bus.
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Nov 09, 2018
There are some things in America that you can find in both Montana and Manhattan.
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Nov 09, 2018
Authorities are continuing to investigate what happened Wednesday night when a gunman killed 12 people in a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif. They are looking for a possible motive.
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Nov 09, 2018
A fast-moving wildfire roared through the town of Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, destroying thousands of structures. The fire now threatens the much larger city of Chico.
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Nov 09, 2018
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Lauren Groh-Wargo, campaign manager for Stacey Abrams, about the legal action they are taking to challenge the results of Georgia's gubernatorial race.
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Nov 09, 2018
Friday is the deadline for provisional ballots in Georgia to be accepted.
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Nov 09, 2018
For the midterm elections, many candidates in both parties were military veterans, and they relied heavily on their biographies in seeking votes. The results were mixed.
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Nov 09, 2018
A federal jury in Tennessee this week ruled in favor of blue-collar workers after a coal ash spill clean-up left many of them dead and sick. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Knoxville News Sentinel reporter Jamie Satterfield, who has been following the legal battle since last year.
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Nov 09, 2018
As details are put together of the police response to the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., there are questions about whether the alleged gunman could have been stopped sooner.
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Nov 09, 2018
"Tonight, we are a hurting city," Mayor Andy Fox told a large crowd of people who had gathered for a vigil at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
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Nov 09, 2018
Here's a look at how the midterms changed a key component of education policy: state government.
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Nov 09, 2018
Three wildfires have forced more than 150,000 people to evacuate their homes across the state. Two of those dangerous blazes menaced Thousand Oaks even as it struggles to cope with a mass shooting.
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Nov 09, 2018
Three wildfires have forced more than 150,000 people to evacuate their homes across the state. Two of those dangerous blazes menaced Thousand Oaks even as it struggles to cope with a mass shooting.
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Nov 09, 2018
Three wildfires have forced 250,000 people to evacuate their homes across the state. Two of those dangerous blazes menaced Thousand Oaks even as it struggles to cope with a mass shooting.
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Nov 09, 2018
While the small community coped with a mass shooting Thursday, two dangerous blazes began nearby. Now firefighters are scrambling to contain them — as yet another fire rages hundreds of miles north.
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Nov 09, 2018
A wildfire has spread across Ventura County, the same county where a shooter killed 12 people on Wednesday. Malibu, Calif., is under mandatory evacuation. KCLU's Lance Orozco provides an update.
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Nov 09, 2018
Wildfires have spread rapidly in two parts of California. In Butte County, residents raced to evacuate their homes overnight. KQED's Jeremy Siegel reports on the latest update from fire officials.
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Nov 09, 2018
What issues do you expect your family to debate this Thanksgiving? And what's your strategy for confronting difficult topics? Tell us your story and you may be featured on Morning Edition.
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Nov 09, 2018
A fire in Northern California is threatening thousands of structures and forcing residents to evacuate.
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Nov 09, 2018
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has criticized the special counsel investigation. NPR's Rachel Martin asks a colleague and friend of Whitaker's, Bob Haus, about these views and their impact.
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Nov 09, 2018
The Trump administration issued a rule to attempt to restrict migrants' asylum rights. Also, the latest on the Thousand Oaks shooting and potential election recounts in Florida and Georgia.
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Nov 09, 2018
Israel Baryeshua has conservative political views, while Tiffany Briseño identifies as liberal. Both agree that more kindness and compassion in politics would benefit the country.
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Nov 09, 2018
In the wake of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., victims are being remembered. A gunman — now deceased — killed 12 people on Wednesday night at a popular bar on "college night."
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Nov 09, 2018
The Trump administration announced new measures Thursday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally. On Friday, the administration will announce which countries are affected.
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Nov 09, 2018
In Florida, Georgia and Arizona, some races have yet to be called. The rhetoric was especially tense around Florida's Senate and gubernatorial races.
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