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The National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach, Fla. Forecasters have increased the storm surge potential to as high as 16 feet in some areas.

As morning dawns in Japan, the country begins to survey the damage after a series of major new year's day earthquakes and subsequent tsunami warnings.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that the House and Senate are far apart on a strategy for completing the spending bills required before the new fiscal year begins on October 1st. There are divisions between House and Senate Republicans. The possibility is being raised of holding a lame duck session after the election.

A nor'easter pounded the East Coast Friday. In California, a storm likely will drop feet of snow in the mountains, but a threat of major mudslides seems to have passed.

Richard Shryock, is chairman of Virginia Tech's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. He reflects on the impact of Monday's attacks, including the deaths of instructors Jamie Bishop and Jocelyne Couture.

When the earthquake strikes — the big one that Californians have been warned about — Shy finds himself on a cruise ship serving towels to the wealthy patrons. But he's not out of harm's way. Matt de la Pena discusses his new novel, The Living, with NPR's Scott Simon.

The speech from Israel's prime minister is likely to be contentious, with some Democratic members of Congress already signaling plans to boycott.

Matthew Bryce paddled out Sunday, but by Monday he still hadn't returned. So coast guard teams launched a dramatic rescue effort — and hours later, plucked a needle from a haystack 13 miles off-shore.

Bayocean, "the town that fell into the sea," stands as a warning to the hubris of our ever-spreading society.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was barred from participating in the debate on Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination for Attorney General after she quoted past criticism of him from Coretta Scott King and Ted Kennedy.