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D.C. has long struggled with one of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. Three local students talked to their community about losing their loved ones and living with the grief.

The utility said it would spend $70 million through 2023 on top of $190 million set aside for tree trimming each year. Tree trimming reduces the risk of branches falling on power lines during storms.

The largest airlift in U.S. history continues as thousands of Afghans are on their way to new homes, fleeing Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Many evacuees are being processed at the base in Ramstein.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is a biker, as are many of his supporters and it is a theme at his rallies. But in Brazil, biker culture is not just for the far-right.

Where does the U.S. stand with its European allies following President Biden's decision to leave Afghanistan by Aug. 31? NPR's Rachel Martin asks Philippe Etienne, the French ambassador to the U.S.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Zach Van Meter, a private equity investor who organized the Commercial Task Force to help evacuate people from Afghanistan, and get them resettled in another country.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida are causing problems far from where it came ashore in Louisiana. In New York City, a deluge of water closed all but one subway line. Surrounding areas had major flooding.

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up. Emergency managers are preparing for that future.

It's the Jetsons 2.0. A number of electric flying car companies are setting up shop in Ohio. A half dozen are working in its southwestern region to be near the necessary tech and weather patterns.

Only about half of Georgia's public schools have mask mandates, and three weeks into the school year outbreaks have prompted quarantines that are upending students' lives.