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Several states are now recovering from recent severe flash floods. How out of the ordinary are these intense cloudbursts and flash floods? Is it getting worse, and what role is climate change playing?
AI is transforming how people navigate the internet, and that has major implications for the web's business model. NPR speaks with Ashley Gold, senior tech and policy reporter at Axios.
Federal tax credits for rooftop solar, heat pumps and other energy-efficient technologies are going away at the end of the ...
Threats to $140 million in funds for public health departments battling fentanyl overdoses comes as some experts see the ...
The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...
The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President ...
In Colombia, drug gangs are waging a new kind of war — by air. Armed with cheap drones, they're targeting rivals in a ...
Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt with such floods in mind — but still feels the emotional effects.
At our recent live broadcast at the San Francisco Public Library, we discussed universal healthcare in California and resources at the state and local levels.
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
It's called parametric insurance, it offers protection for climate-related wage losses and it's gaining ground in India.
Seesawing tariffs and turbulent financial markets are playing out on social media feeds, impacting the multibillion-dollar influencer industry in what could be a new recession indicator.