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After two years of health advisories and delays to the season due to dangerous levels of domoic acid, fisherman are optimistic this season will open without a hitch.

When Virginia Hedrick first heard about the coronavirus circulating on cruise ships off the coast of California back in March, it made her think of the first ships of European settlers that arrived centuries ago, also teeming with disease. Various outbreaks and epidemics spread in the following centuries, particularly measles and smallpox, with Indigenous people suffering … Continue reading California May Consider Historical Injustice in Deciding Who Gets Vaccine First →

As the partial government shutdown continues for a third week, listeners across the country are feeling its effects. Two listeners share their stories.

The European Gull Screeching Championship was just held on the Belgian coast. Jan Seys of the Flanders Marine Institute says it was organized to shed a good light on the often-hated birds.

The whales were found stranded on the remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania. A marine biologist said the dead animals would be tested for toxins that might explain the disaster.

In-N-Out Burger is a phenomenally successful West Coast chain that has stuck to burgers, fries and shakes. BusinessWeek reporter Stacy Perman has written a new history of In-N-Out. She says the chain has persisted with its original formula: Keep it simple; do one thing, and do it the best you can.

Just as travel returns to pre-pandemic levels, an arctic front in the Midwest and and record-breaking cold temperatures along the Gulf Coast and in the Eastern U.S. could bring dangerous conditions.

In Dakar, Senegal, the reaction to the news of Michael Jackson's death spread quickly. Dakar was the first stop on Jackson's tour of Africa when he was with the Jackson 5.

The powerful quake prompted many villagers to flee their homes in panic. Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders in parts of Okinawa. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

NPR's David Greene talks with Mayor Christine Hunschofsky of Parkland, Fla., about attending a meeting with President Trump to discuss responses to the school shooting in Parkland.