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Maine's waterfront infrastructure suffered massive damage in recent storms. Now business owners are rushing to rebuild despite increasingly unpredictable weather.

Peru's capital, Lima, is sweltering, with unusually warm winter sunshine and ocean waters. Scientists warn that a record-breaking "Godzilla" El Niño may be forming, driven by climate change.

The Metro Council and a coalition of Portland-area mayors are calling on Gov. Kate Brown to issue shelter-in-place orders.

North Korea test-fired cruise missiles from its western coast for the third time this week, as Kim Jung Un warns of war with South Korea. Is it rhetoric or has North Korea decided to go to war?

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to explore the coast of California, and, a flock of seabirds.

The racehorse Zippy Chippy holds the worst record for a racehorse in America. He has even lost to a human. His owner finally retired him after 100 career losses.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Yugoslavia, where opposition leaders are hoping a second day of protests and a general strike will force president Slobodan Milosevic from his office. Miloseic lost to Vojislav Kostunica in last month's elections.

Commentator Bill Harley reflects on the fact that Pete Seeger once accidentally left his banjo on top of a car. It was lost but later returned. Harley himself has left a guitar in many places, and sympathizes with Pete.

NPR's Stephen Rosenfeld reports that politicians who ran for office last November still have serious bills to pay...especially those candidates who lost.

Host Steve Inskeep is joined by Jim Pawelczik, who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1998 and knew several of the astronauts lost on Saturday.