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Extreme weather events like tornadoes can happen in minutes, but the effect of these disasters have on the community can be long-lasting.

As much of California remains in a state of extreme drought, worried eyes are turning toward the coming fire season — which is expected to be particularly destructive.

Robert G. Edwards, a British physiologist who won a Nobel Prize in 2010 for helping develop in vitro fertilization, died Wednesday. He was 87. Audie Cornish talks with Rob Stein about Edwards' work and the controversy that still surrounds the techniques he helped create.

Maria is one of nearly 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants who could lose their temporary protected status this year. "[I'm] terrified of missing you growing up," Maria tells her daughter at StoryCorps.

President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty after their summit in Pyongyang on Wednesday.

Many in the path of Hurricane Beryl prepare for the worst as the strongest storm on record this early in the season hits the Caribbean.

Researchers have been able to reverse the effects of a syndrome that affects brain development in a brain organoid.

Health officials from Minnesota to Maine have issued alerts warning of poor air quality from wildfires burning in Canada. People are advised to limit outdoor exposure.

Matt Kuenning, who teaches at Illinois State University and practices law in Champaign, says a New Hampshire judge's ruling to certify a class-action lawsuit will reduce the harm caused by the Trump administration's executive order.

Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country's history.