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In Florida, evacuees seeking to escape the path of Hurricane Frances fill shelters as the state's evacuation preparations continue. The storm, downgraded to a Category 2, is expected to make landfall on Florida's coast Saturday morning. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Hurricane Frances stalls off the east coast of Florida. The effect of the storm's slow progress may be to inundate areas of the state with torrential rains. Power is already out for hundreds of thousands of Floridians. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Jon Hamilton.

The small fishing village of Kattankudi on the east coast Sri Lanka was one of the worst hit by the Tsunami. It is now digging itself out, waiting for relief that has yet to come. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

But next week's special session on redistricting will hardly be a return to normalcy. The Capitol is under construction. Mask rules are in place. And many lawmakers are concerned about security after last year's incursion on the building.

Thirty years ago, Jeff Sessions' history of racial comments derailed him from a job as a federal judge. Now, President-elect Trump has nominated the Alabama senator to run the Justice Department.

Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later faced charges of mutiny.

A visit to communities in West Virginia that were devastated by flash floods in 2001 offers a glimpse into what Gulf Coast residents can expect as they struggle to recover from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.

Ernie Andrus, 93, finished his coast-to-coast walk on Saturday. It took him 2 years, 10 months and 13 days. The World War II vet began his trip in San Diego and ended on Georgia's St. Simon's Island.

The 7.4-magnitude quake struck mid-morning off the Pacific coast near the beach resort of Huatulco. The quake was felt in several states and triggered seismic alarms in Mexico City.

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year.