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Millions of Americans have been exposed to a tremendous rise in wildfire smoke in recent years. People in rural Northern California are seeing some of the longest periods of smoke.

It's not what is in the legislation to upgrade roads and bridges — a topic that usually draws bipartisan support — but rather how the House Democrats tried to package it with a larger spending bill.

One year ago Donald Trump infamously said of the far-right Proud Boys, "stand back and stand by." Some members are now in jail, but the once-fringe group hasn't gone away.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to veteran diplomat Richard Haass, who argues Biden's foreign policy doesn't differ that much from Trump's or Obama's. Haass calls it "the post-post-Cold War era."

This week in 1971, Disney World opened to visitors. Walt Disney secretly acquired 40 square miles of land and unveiled his plans that would reshape the theme park industry and central Florida.

With vaccinations on the rise, ski resorts are hoping for much more normal operations this winter. But they're having to get creative to find workers.

The law has kept people from falling into homelessness during the pandemic. But many say rental assistance money has been hard to access.

With COVID-19 vaccine mandates taking effect around the country, requests for religious exemptions are on the rise. Under federal law, employers have a lot of discretion in granting the requests.

A bipartisan pair of senators is reintroducing a bill to safeguard against abuse in the guardianship system.

Crissy Perham tells her story of getting an abortion as a teenager.