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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., who chairs the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the effects of California's power crisis on the state's newest inhabitants -- the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. The region's inability to maintain a constant power supply for its customers is only one of several problems these companies face.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with author Grady Hendrix about his horror novel, Final Girl Support Group, ahead of Halloween.

Diego D'Ambrosio, who for decades cut the hair of ambassadors, prime ministers and Supreme Court justices, died Friday at 87 years old.

Commentator Joe Davidson says Secretary of State Colin Powell has the difficult job of fashioning foreign policy toward Africa under a president who considers the continent a low priority.

The Bloomington-Normal workforce has shrunk by 500 jobs over the last year, but the Twin Cities still have the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois at 4%.

Fill copy on the American Bar Association's new policy on zero-tolerance school discipline.

NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the Supreme Court that tests how law enforcement can use the technique of thermal imaging. Using a special machine, police can detect the amount of heat radiating from the exterior walls of a building, which can help them catch people who are growing large amounts of marijuana in their homes. But one man who was arrested after police used thermal imaging argues that the technique is an invasion of privacy.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on the MIR space station in the waning days of its 15-year journey in earth orbit. As Russia prepares to drop MIR into the Pacific Ocean next month, the satellite is prompting nostalgia for the glory days of the Soviet Union in many Russians.

Thousands of workers are striking for better wages, working conditions and benefits. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Joseph McCartin, professor of history at Georgetown, about what this moment means.