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Amazon is looking for a site for its second headquarters. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Max Grinnell, who teaches urban studies at the University of Chicago, about one longshot attempt by Gary, Ind.

A prolonged drought, now in its second year, is devastating large swaths of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Whole communities and the Amazon's largest city are struggling under the parched conditions.

Affordable housing and a shortage of skilled trades workers are both pressing issues in the U.S. A Colorado city is partnering with a local school district and Habitat for Humanity to teach kids trades by building homes working people can afford.

During its busiest time of year, "The Witch City" has come together to keep a national park site open — so all its costumed visitors can use the bathroom.

Average temperatures have been going up in many cities, including New Orleans. Here's what those higher temperatures sound like.

Road construction will begin as soon as next week on a stretch of Fox Creek Road on Bloomington’s southwest side, between Savanna and Beich roads. There will be a bridge replacement, new roadway, multi-use, and new traffic signals as part of the project.

The acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two top Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., resigned after the case against New York City's mayor war order dropped.

Agriculture companies are desperate for workers. Many of the jobs are in cities and open to scientists and data engineers. Some can even be filled by people without a bachelor's degree.

A deadly fire in an apartment block in Johannesburg, South Africa, has raised questions about the grip of gangs who illegally occupy and sell off space in empty buildings with squalid conditions.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to slime scientist Antonio Cerullo at the City University of New York about the benefits of mucus.