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Hurricane Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

Joseph Nye Jr. — one of the world’s leading thinkers on the nature of power and international relations — died this week at the age of 88.

In this game of Wild Card, writer Zadie Smith discusses the nature of regret.

The Canadian province of British Columbia experienced a series of natural disasters this year. People displaced by these two events are now living together at a place called Camp Hope.

Though a quarter of the country is below sea level, the Netherlands has kept itself dry with ingenious water management. A recent innovation: an artificial sand peninsula that keeps the sea at bay.

A federal judge in Alaska resigns after investigators conclude he created a hostile environment for law clerks and had an inappropriate relationship with one of them.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Amr Hamzawy, visiting scholar at Stanford University, about the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. He describes a political climate similar to five years ago.

The global LGBTQ+ festival was held for the first time in the nation's capital. Organizers say the current political environment has dampened the excitement surrounding the celebration.

John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.

Coral reefs face a dire future as oceans get hotter. Scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, in the hope they can survive long enough for humans to rein in climate change.