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Ron Stanley Jr., a pastor who serves as the vice president of men's ministry, socializes with residents and supporters of Central Union Mission in Washington, D.C.

As winter storms surge across the country, here's how one homeless shelter is coping

NPR visited a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., to see how residents and staff are faring during a cold emergency. The shelter is busy year-round, though the frigid weather brings in more people.

San Diego County Registrar of Voters Michael Vu stands next to a row of ballot marking devices at a satellite voting center in Spring Valley, Feb. 25, 2020.

Ex-assistant county CAO sues, alleging discrimination, retaliation

Michael Vu alleges that though a plan was in place for him to succeed the retiring Chief Administrative Officer, current Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer and former Supervisor Nora Vargas intervened to disrupt those plans.

A home continues to smolder after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. At least five people have been killed in wildfires rampaging around Los Angeles, officials said on January 8, with firefighters overwhelmed by the speed and ferocity of multiple blazes.

'Raining ash': Residents share how they fled the Southern California wildfires

Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate amid the uncontained wildfires. NPR member station LAist spoke to members of the community about how they have been affected.

Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

Babs Fry cares for a recently recovered stray in her kennel in Jamul on Nov. 11, 2024.

Doggone: Local animal recovery specialist says when pets are lost, hope is not

Babs Fry is committed to recovering lost animals as a community service to San Diegans.

The great battery race: China and the U.S. compete over the future of EVs

The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.

Corporate America's retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs

"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.

Visitors pay their respects at a memorial to the victims of the deadly attack on Bourbon Street on Thursday after its reopening in New Orleans.

An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack

Officials have not yet released the names of the 14 people killed in the New Orleans New Year's Day truck attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories.

'Andor' series creator Tony Gilroy on what viewers can expect in season 2

Season one of Andor was the "making of a revolutionary," series creator Tony Gilroy tells NPR. In season two, viewers will see the growing pains of expanding the rebellion.

The Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, DC in a 2024 file photo. While the giant agency has been exempt from the federal hiring freeze, changes to federal hiring software have made it almost impossible for the department to bring on new hires for urgently-needed medical positions.

Federal hiring is nearly frozen. For those who can hire, a new roadblock has emerged

Some federal agencies, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, are largely exempt from President Trump's hiring freeze. But they're hitting a new roadblock in bringing new staff on.

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