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'Everything Is Ash': Grim Ritual As Search Teams Comb Through Paradise, Calif.

David Greene joins one of the many search-and-rescue teams in Paradise, Calif., looking for those still unaccounted for in the Camp Fire in the northern part of the state.

Cheryl Holder, an internal medicine physician and president of the Florida State Medical Association, is worried about how rising temperatures are affecting elderly patients and people with chronic heart and lung conditions.

Temperatures In Florida Are Rising. For Vulnerable Patients, The Heat Can Be Life-Threatening.

On a hot day in September, Charlene Jones celebrated her 61st birthday by herself. The former nursing-home cook made herself a birthday dinner of turkey...

Joan Kaeding is a reference assistant at the Oshkosh Public Library. NPR talked to her at New Moon Cafe in downtown Oshkosh. She says she's fielding lots of questions at the library about the new health care law.

Weary Wis. Union Workers Face Another Campaign

In the lakeside city of Oshkosh, a group of union workers say they're tired but ready to keep fighting. They've been through months of bitter battles over state employees' collective-bargaining rights — including a failed attempt to recall Gov. Scott Walker.

Defense attorney Jason B. Sheffield presents a closing argument to the jury during the trial of Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan, at the Glynn County Courthouse, on Monday, in Brunswick, Ga.

The Ahmaud Arbery case will go to the jury after prosecutors get the last word

Travis McMichael, his father, Greg, and William 'Roddie' Bryan have all been charged with Arbery's murder. The high-profile shooting helped spark protests for racial justice in the summer of 2020.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is one of 70 House Democrats Republicans are targeting to beat in November 2022. Here she greets voters outside the Orange County Registrar's office September 18, 2020 in Orange, Virginia.

As the GOP eyes Virginia swing district, is the Biden agenda enough for Democrats?

Republicans are targeting Virginia's 7th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, in next year's midterm elections.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday.

Trump escalates racist rhetoric and plays on white grievance at recent rallies

The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.

Ten people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night. Here, a woman is seen praying for victims outside Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif., on Monday.

New details emerge in the Monterey Park, California shooting that left 11 dead

Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

Austin, Texas, construction workers dig on a hot day in August 2021. Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that overturns local ordinances in some Texas cities that mandate regular rest breaks for such workers.

Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

Stickers reading "I Voted By Mail" are displayed as the Wayne County Board of Elections prepares absentee ballots in Goldsboro, N.C., on Sept. 22, 2022. A Republican-backed bill would eliminate a grace period for mail ballots to arrive.

Voting in North Carolina faces some big changes with a Republican-backed bill

Major changes are likely coming to North Carolina's voting rules. A bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting mail ballots and expand access for partisan poll watchers.

A behind-the-scenes look of the progress being made on the building of the Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA). Construction continues and they get closer to an opening date. Members of the local Media were taken on a tour of the first floor of Mote SEA, looking up through the atrium to the second and third floors, and around the exterior of the building. Dan Bebak, Vice President of Mote Education, Aquarium and Facilities, provided up-to-date construction progress and a look into when Mote SEA will be open to the public. From the first floor, a look at the three STEM Teaching Laboratories, as well as the Gulf of Mexico habitat, could be seen.

Inside Mote SEA as STEM labs and exterior construction grow

A behind-the-scenes look of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium was provided recently as construction continues and the facility gets closer to its anticipated 2025 opening date. Mote SEA differs from other aquariums and attractions since science and education is in its name and is the focal point for all guest experiences.The new facility will embody Mote’s vision of Oceans for All, doubling the number of visitors exposed to marine science each year and providing no-cost opportunities for schools to utilize specialized STEM teaching labs to ensure that every child has hands-on marine science and technology experiential learning opportunities.

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