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The wide-ranging legislation targets climate change, health care costs and taxes. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer kicked off floor debate on Saturday evening.

"It shouldn't be a lottery of life about who gets to eat, who doesn't get to eat. Do I keep my child warm or do I give my child food?" a World Food Programme Afghanistan spokesperson tells NPR.

Californians stepped up their water conservation in October by reducing their usage 13% compared to October last year.

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.

A federal science agency says that levels of the main global warming gas have shot past a key milestone.

Ramadan, Passover, Easter - NPR's Scott Simon remarks on an unusual weekend when three of the world's major religions are celebrating their faiths.

Officials call it a miracle that there've been no reports of deaths in the blazes, which destroyed at least 500 homes — and perhaps twice that number. In some cases families had just minutes to flee.

For decades, they've been told to rip out the Guiera senegalensis shrub. But now there's a new philosophy: The scrappy green plant could be the key to a better harvest.

California has denied 21 oil drilling permits in the latest move toward ending fracking in a state that makes millions from the petroleum industry but is seeing widespread drought and more dangerous fire seasons linked to climate change.

Phase 1 of the city's Pure Water program started Friday, intended to provide nearly 50% of the city's drinking water by 2035 and reduce the need for imported water.