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Workers clean a gas station damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York City. Scientists warn that 60% of world oil reserves need to stay underground to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

To Avoid Extreme Disasters, Most Fossil Fuels Should Stay Underground, Scientists Say

Burning fossil fuels must decline almost immediately, a new study finds, for the planet to avoid more extreme floods, droughts and heat waves.

Some Of The Firefighters Battling The Caldor Fire Are Mexican Nationals On Work Visas

With America's firefighting labor maxed out, Mexican nationals on temporary work visas are fighting fires near Lake Tahoe. It's hard work, but so is subsistence farming back home, and it pays better.

Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Is Facing Pressure To Help More Afghans Evacuate

Organizers of evacuation flights are pressing the state department to do more to help them get hundreds of people out of Afghanistan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing back.

Afghan evacuees sit on a bus at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Aug. 26, 2021. Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force base in Europe, has hosted thousands of Afghans.

What It's Like Inside The U.S. Processing Center Welcoming Thousands Of Afghans

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many have passed through a huge makeshift processing center in Virginia. NPR reporters got an exclusive look inside the facility.

Said Noor, a former U.S. Army soldier and interpreter in Afghanistan, had moved to Houston after getting a special immigrant visa in 2014.

A Family's Escape From The Taliban Came Down To A Code Phrase: 'Tom Brady'

Said Noor was 11 in 2001, growing up in an Afghan village. He later served as a U.S. Army interpreter, moved to Texas and became a U.S. citizen. Then he had to help rescue his family from the Taliban.

For years, Robert Shireman, shown here at his home in Berkeley, Calif., has been accused of corruptly sharing insider information with investors while serving as a federal official. Those claims aren't true. But they live on.

For 8 Years, A 'Wall Street Journal' Story Haunted His Career. Now He Wants It Fixed

Former U.S. Education Department official Robert Shireman is asking The Wall Street Journal to correct a story from 2013 that continues to fuel false accusations. The paper has declined his request.

For 8 Years, A 'Wall Street Journal' Story Haunted His Career. Now He Wants It Fixed

Former U.S. Education Department official Robert Shireman is asking The Wall Street Journal to correct a story from 2013 that continues to fuel false accusations. The paper has declined his request.

Twenty years after 9/11, the first responders who rushed in to save lives at the World Trade Center suffer higher rates of cancer than the general public. And many have died of cancers linked to the exposure to toxins in the air. But research suggests they're surviving at higher rates too.

9/11 First Responders Face A High Cancer Risk But Are Also More Likely To Survive

The cancer risk is linked to exposure to toxins at ground zero. But the group is also more likely than the general public to survive, perhaps because of the comprehensive care they receive.

Journalist and activist Gildo Garza, right, reads the names of murdered journalists at a demonstration outside the federal attorney general's office in Mexico City.

Mexico's Journalists Speak Truth To Power, And Lose Their Lives For It

A government agency protects 1,500 journalists and human rights activists, but it is strapped for resources and its record is mixed.

Mexico's Journalists Speak Truth To Power, And Lose Their Lives For It

A government agency protects 1,500 journalists and human rights activists, but it is strapped for resources and its record is mixed.

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