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A surge in plant collecting, particularly among Black people, might be traced to a need for comfort amid grief and uncertainty.

The utility says widespread dry northeast winds reaching 45 to 60 mph with gusts of 60 to 70 mph at higher elevations raise the potential for a massive outages to prevent more wildfires.

With more than 2,359 personnel assigned to the south-central Oregon firefighting effort, the coronavirus diagnoses announced Thursday amount to a small fraction of the total crew size.

The Tamarack Fire has burned through more than 100 square miles in the area near the California-Nevada border, threatening hundreds of homes. Gov. Gavin Newsom toured some of the area.

NPR's Noel King talks to climate scientist Allison Crimmins about the findings of the United Nations' landmark climate report, and what it means for U.S. policy actions.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks says the effects of climate change are already being felt. Storms have damaged U.S. bases and rising seas could submerge U.S. installations in the Pacific.

Travis McMichael, one of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, took the stand in his own defense. He detailed his law enforcement training to explain his actions when he shot Arbery.

Scientists are projecting the surge will peak in January. Just how massive it could be depends on how quickly Americans get boosted and change behavior to slow the spread.

The Mexican-American jazz pianist earned acclaim in New York and Los Angeles in the 1950s and '60s, but much of his music was never released — until now.

The political din over a Dubai-based company's efforts to run terminals at major U.S. ports is so loud it's hard to get at the facts of the case. But dozens of security experts say the move won't put the nation at additional risk.