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After the driest fall and winter on record, cities and states along the East Coast have declared drought emergencies. For All Things Considered, John Ydstie talks with people from Maine to Georgia to find out how they're managing.

Officials feared the death toll could top 100 since some survivors indicated the boat had as many as 200 passengers when it set out from Turkey, United Nations refugee and migration agencies said.

While the collapsed Key Bridge is removed, NPR's Michel Martin talks to Bethann Rooney, port director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, aboutaccommodating increased shipping traffic.

A week after 17 people were killed at a Parkland, Fla., high school, President Trump hosted survivors, parents and teachers from that and other recent school shooting tragedies.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been forced out of the Justice Department. The man replacing him for now, Matthew G. Whitaker, has a record of criticizing the Russia probe.

Relatives of the hundreds feared dead after a migrant ship organized by smugglers sank off the Greek coast last week say most of the passengers were desperately fleeing danger or economic hardship.

Sen. Jeff Sessions says success in Iraq means establishing a stable government. He sees "a commitment of years" to make that happen. Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, joined in questioning Gen. David Petraeus Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Record flooding on the Mississippi River sent too much fresh water into the Gulf of Mexico, killing oysters and crippling other seafood harvests that depend on saltwater to survive.

Investigators are trying to understand why a massive cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. Six people are now presumed dead in what investigators believe was an accident.

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.