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NPR's Noel King talks to Rocky Walker, chaplain at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center, about the pandemic.

Gov. Kate Brown described the scene after visiting a burn in Southern Oregon and expressed hope for more progress moving forward.

Bay Area tenants groups and a prominent San Francisco tenants law firm say they’ve seen a surge in evictions, or high pressure from landlords meant to squeeze tenants out, as people across California file for unemployment in droves.

After explosions convulsed Beirut, here is a selection of photos showing Beirut residents in their destroyed house or workplace, along with a glimpse of their experiences, in their own words.

Donald Trump assumed the presidency with one of the most antienvironmental agendas in U.S. history, says reporter Hannah Murphy. However, his administration 'was really quite bad' at carrying out its plans. Here's what Joe Biden can do to put the U.S. back on an environmental track.

Before multiplex cinemas, India had tens of thousands of single-screen movie houses. But the way Indians watch movies has changed, and the pandemic forced many old cinemas to shut their doors forever.

Parents across the country are weighing whether to send their children to in-person school this fall. Some districts are getting creative in an effort to win them back.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with director Todd Stephens about his new film, Swan Song, starring veteran actor Udo Kier.

When Facebook accounts get hacked, victims call and email the company for help to little avail. Some have found a costly workaround: buying a virtual reality headset to get customer service.

In October, PG&E initiated several large-scale power blackouts designed to prevent its equipment from sparking potentially catastrophic wildfires amid critically dry and windy conditions. The utility’s power cuts, formally called public safety power shutoffs, left millions of Californians in the dark for days on end and without power for their medical devices, water heaters, refrigerators, … Continue reading ‘We Could Not Bathe or Keep Warm’: Tales From the PG&E Power Shutoffs →