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Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

An Afghan woman waits in the makeshift clinic organized by World Vision at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan.

Parents selling children shows desperation in Afghanistan

Many of Afghanistan's growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions as their nation spirals into a deeper poverty.

Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, has been hit hard by warming temperatures and downstream demands, June 16, 2021.

After Decades Of Warming And Drying, The Colorado River Struggles To Water The West

A prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage.

Opinion: Newborn blessings for a new year

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of twins born 15 minutes apart, one just before midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, and one just after, and what their birth years might mean in the future.

A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2017. Southern California Edison has reached an agreement with state regulators on Thursday, Dec. 16 2021, for more than half a billion dollars in penalties related to five wildfires, including the Thomas fire.

California utility faces $550M in penalties for 5 wildfires

Southern California Edison has agreed to more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties related to five wildfires.

Health care workers administer COVID-19 tests at a drive-through clinic in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31. Australian health authorities have reported a record 32,000 new virus cases, many of them in Sydney.

New virus infections driven by omicron soar to record high in Australia

New coronavirus infections soared again in Australia on Friday to a record of more than 32,000 driven by the highly contagious omicron variant and a recent relaxation of restrictions in many areas.

California pipeline at issue after ExxonMobil's plan fails

A dispute over building an oil pipeline across California has intensified with the defeat of ExxonMobil's proposal to truck oil from now-idled offshore platforms.

Water comes out of a kitchen faucet, June 12, 2021.

San Diego County, Water Authority Partner On Efficiency Rebates

Residents and businesses in unincorporated areas of San Diego County are eligible for increased water-use efficiency rebates under a partnership announced Tuesday between the county's Watershed Protection Program and the San Diego County Water Authority.

Flames burn along a hillside in Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday. Officials say a wildfire has burned about 150 structures, including homes, in the town.

Authorities lift some evacuation orders after a fire breaks out in New Mexico

So far, the McBride Fire has killed two people and destroyed more than 200 homes. Elsewhere in the U.S., crews have been battling large fires this week in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.

The remains of a burned home are seen in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California on July 26, 2021. Extreme weather events have claimed hundreds of lives worldwide in recent weeks, and upcoming forecasts for wildfire and hurricane seasons are dire.

Climate Change Is Driving Deadly Weather Disasters From Arizona To Mumbai

There's been about two degrees Fahrenheit of warming so far worldwide. That may sound like a small number, but scientists say it's enough to make extreme weather events much more common.

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