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Mary Louise Kelly talks to Barbara Sharief, mayor of Broward County, Fla., about cleanup effort after Hurricane Irma. Schools are scheduled to open Monday, now that power has been restored.

As Texas deals with the aftermath of a series of deadly storms, NPR’s Steve Inskeep checks in with Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington.

A new federally-qualified health center will offer free drive-thru COVID-19 testing to rural Peoria County residents Tuesday and Wednesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board returns to East Palestine Ohio to hold its final board meeting on last year's fiery derailment of a Norfolk-Southern train.

Following destructive tornadoes, NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Jack Whitfield, Jr., judge executive of Madisonville, Ky., which sits in one of the state's hardest-hit counties.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports the long battle for Conrail, the northeast's dominant railroad, appears to be coming to an end. Conrail's Board of Directors has approved a $10.5 billion buyout offer from Richmond, Virginia based CSX. CSX will then sell significant parts of Conrail to its main competitor, Norfolk Southern. Analysts say the breakup of Conrail will bring some much-needed competition to the Northeast.

The Union Pacific Corporation is on its way to becoming the largest railroad in the Western Hemisphere...despite warnings that the $5.4 billion merger with San Francisco-based Southern Pacific harks back to the days when a handful of rail barons ran the railroads. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports, a federal transportation board approved the merger almost entirely on Union Pacific's terms...and over the protests of three government departments.

Alan Hostetter, once a police chief and yoga instructor, became known for protesting pandemic lockdowns in California. He's now facing conspiracy charges for his alleged role in the U.S. Capitol riot.

The additional deaths were reported in North Carolina. South Carolina's governor said the damage in his state "will be catastrophic, surpassing anything recorded in modern history."

Connect Transit riders could soon be paying higher fares to take the bus.The Bloomington-Normal transit agency is also looking to eliminate one of its…