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Parts of the West Coast experienced very unhealthy or hazardous air from wildfires for the first time ever recorded. Millions endured that smoke for twice as long as the recent average.

A winter rainstorm has again washed out a section of California's coastal Highway 1. The stunningly beautiful drive has a history of closures that affect both residents and tourists.

The woman who turns up dead at the start of Elly Griffiths' new novel billed herself as a "murder consultant" for writers. Griffiths says she was inspired by her aunt, who enjoys thinking up murders.

Airlines will play a critical role in transporting COVID-19 vaccines. But there are huge logistical challenges in shipping vaccines quickly and efficiently at low temperatures.

Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.

NPR's Michel Martin has two names for those following the Jussie Smollett situation: Charles Stuart and Susan Smith. Both were white people who falsely claimed they had been attacked by black men.

With Hurricane Irma barreling toward Florida, federal agencies, emergency responders and aid organizations are making a quick pivot from hurricane-battered Texas.

Consecutive hurricanes and even wildfires have exhausted rescue workers brought in to help with conditions in Texas, Florida and Western states.

Two groups are attempting to get more information about President Trump's guests at his private Florida resort Mar-a-Lago. For the most part, the inquiries have generated more questions than answers.

Governors in five states have declared states of emergencies ahead of Hurricane Florence's arrival on the Eastern Seaboard. Officials have ordered the evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people.