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Gulf Coast Residents Forced to Evacuate Ahead of Dennis

Authorities ordered 1.8 million people to evacuate the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dennis approached. NPR's Chris Arnold in Mobile, Ala., talked with some of the people who had to do so.

Police stand guard outside a bar in central Oslo, early Saturday, June 25, 2022. Norwegian police say people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a mass shooting.

Oslo Pride organizers cancel a parade after a gunman kills 2 and wounds 10

Police are investigating the shooting as a possible terrorist attack during the Norwegian capital's annual Pride festival. Investigators said a suspect was arrested.

On the edge of Russia's illegal annexation, Ukrainians grapple with uncertainty

Villagers on the Ukrainian side say it's already hard to stay in touch with friends and family across the front lines. They fear it will get worse.

Volunteers deliver water and other items to the homeless in Los Angeles. Poverty rates dropped in 2021 thanks in part to pandemic policy measures, but poverty advocates fear they will rise again without those measures in place.

Poverty and uninsured rates drop, thanks to pandemic-era policies

Child poverty is at a historic low, according to Census bureau data, and the rate of those without health insurance dropped in 2021. But the good news may be short-lived, as policy measures expire.

How 2 new House members plan to 'work across the aisle' in the next Congress

It's a time of transition on Capitol Hill. As departing lawmakers pack up their things, first-time lawmakers like Maxwell Frost and Mike Lawler are getting ready to settle in.

U.S. infectious disease experts fear a winter surge of respiratory illness, like the one that overloaded E.R.s with COVID patients in January 2021, could yet materialize this winter, with several circulating viruses wreaking havoc. So far, though, it looks like early peaks of RSV and flu are receding.

RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots 'up like a rocket'

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

Residents in southern Malawi repair a home destroyed by heavy rain from Cyclone Freddy. Climate change is causing cyclones and hurricanes to get more intense and dangerous.

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.

The Florida Senate on Tuesday approved a measure aimed at blocking venues from admitting kids to “adult live performances.”

Senate passes bill aimed at drag shows; House version on track

While the proposal (SB 1438) doesn’t specifically mention drag shows, the bill defines “adult live performances” as “any show, exhibition, or other presentation that is performed in front of a live audience and in whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, specific sexual activities, … lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts.”

Chinese Quake Survivors Fill Makeshift Camps

Rescue efforts continue in southwestern China, with thousands of people still trapped in rubble created by the country's worst earthquake in decades. Thousands more have fled their homes and are sleeping outdoors.

Royal fan John Loughrey camps out on the streets outside Westminster Abbey Tuesday, in anticipation of England's royal wedding.

Some Brits Joyously Await Wedding, But Many Don't

It is not hard to find people in Britain whose spirits will indeed be lifted by the royal wedding, especially among the older generation. Yet eager loyalists are in a minority.

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