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Hurricane Milton has once again surged to Category 5 strength. Officials say residents should rush to finish preparing for the storm.

Documents obtained by NPR show that nearly 11,000 TEACH recipients may have lost their grants because of mistakes by the loan servicer, but only a small fraction of the problems were ever fixed.

More than 6 million middle school and high school students used tobacco and nicotine products this year, according to a new federal report. Most are now using these addictive products by vaping.

The pandemic, migration crisis, and Congressional gridlock continue to create stumbling blocks for the Biden administration.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt about President Trump ignoring intelligence officers and White House staff to give top security clearances to Jared Kushner.

In a major shakeup, Lewis D'Vorkin is stepping down as editor in chief of the newspaper. He will be replaced by veteran Chicago journalist Jim Kirk.

State parks will become much more accessible under a new plan from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Doors, parking lots and restrooms account for about half of the existing barriers for people with disabilities. Those should take about five years to fix, but the full plan is expected to take about 25 years. Advocates for people with disabilities say they’re heartened that parks will be brought into compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, passed more than 30 years ago.

The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against three Iranian hackers who allegedly compromised Trump campaign accounts and sought to erode confidence in the U.S. election.

At the fusion brainchild of a Ilan Hall, you can eat bacon-wrapped matzo balls, gefilte fish and chips, and Manischewitz-braised pork belly all in one sitting. It's Scottish-Jewish food at it's finest — even if there isn't much competition.

Preliminary figures show a troubling trend continues, as the number of people killed on the nation's highways rise for the second consecutive year. All this while vehicles are getting safer. A new study shows that a high percentage of drivers engage in risky behavior behind the wheel, such as texting and speeding, and that young millennials, aged 19 to 24, are the worst behaved drivers.