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An epic drought and population explosion is draining Lake Mead and the Colorado River, which millions in the Southwestern U.S. rely on.

President Biden went to Louisiana Friday to get a look at the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. The storm blasted into the state leaving hundreds of thousands still without power and many with no water.

Delays in court proceedings for the county’s longest pending criminal cases are coming to an end, a judge said on Friday, after he gave a man charged with rape and child pornography until Nov. 5 to hire a lawyer.

The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, such storms may become the norm as the climate warms.

The Kabul airlift is over, but the effort to resettle tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans in the U.S. is just beginning. And there are already some very big obstacles.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.

As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns.

The massive U.S. airlift out of Kabul was a feat of logistics and stamina. But it was also marred by chaos and violence. Somehow, an unlikely coalition formed to try and help get Afghans out.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, about the new Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Texas's restrictive new abortion law has raised concerns that people who drive for the ride-hailing companies could face lawsuits for transporting passengers to clinics.