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Juan Carlos, recently arrived in Albany, N.Y. after being bused to various cities in the US. He is from Nicaragua, and volunteers with local non-profits in the city as a way to get to know the community and find work.

For many migrants being bused from New York City to other towns, hostility awaits

Local non-profits say they are stretched too thin to take on extra cases and some community leaders have said more migrants are not welcome.

A winter storm rolls through Amherst, N.Y., on Saturday. Power has been knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the country.

A dangerous storm disrupts travel and knocks out power across the U.S.

The weather service said "life-threatening cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills will create a potentially life-threatening hazard for travelers that become stranded" or people who work outside.

A kettle on a gas stove in Del Mar is shown in this photo, Calif. Jan. 4, 2023.

Energy saving tips: What works and what doesn’t?

While the main issue is that energy prices are high, some consumers might wonder if there’s anything they can do to lower their bills.

A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022.

Scientists give Earth a 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

The latest estimate from various forecast centers around the world say the planet is approaching a warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent.

A man and a boy walk across the almost dried-up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. According to a report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Monday, May 9, 2022, the world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next five years.

Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

A new report says there's nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years.

Jorge and Susel Mata in the kitchen on "Steak Day" circa 2019.

Americans celebrate dads this weekend. Three tell us about being a father in 2023

Ahead of Father's Day, NPR's Morning Edition spoke with three dads about what it means to raise a family in the U.S. in 2023.

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006.

Another flex alert issued for Thursday, this time 3 to 10 p.m.

Another flex alert was issued for Thursday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. as temperatures are expected to spike again.

A Peninsular bighorn sheep photographed April 26, 2008.

Widow of man who died prior to 2021 Bighorn Sheep Count files lawsuit

According to the suit, State Parks employees should have known that high heat would endanger volunteers for the count — including 68-year-old Culver City resident Donald White Jr., who died on June 19, 2021, of environmental hypothermia.

A block of Skyline Boulevard which has been recently paved is shown on April 12, 2023.

Over a year into ‘Sexy Streets’ paving initiative, these neighborhoods got done first

The first of three contractors working for the road-paving program chose to work north to south, city staff said.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in New York City in April 2015.

Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University as a professor and fellow in global affairs

The former secretary of state will teach in the School of International and Public Affairs as well as work on global policy initiatives with Columbia World Projects.

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