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Amy and Dave Freeman paddle into the Boundary Waters, starting their 365 days in the wilderness to raise awareness of mining plans in the region.

For Environmentalists, Mines Near Wilderness Are Too Close For Comfort

A couple is spending 365 days in the nation's most visited wilderness area to raise awareness of a sulfide-ore mining plan they say will put the watershed ecosystem in danger. Some locals disagree.

This image, made from a video taken through a car window, shows a tornado near Wynnewood, Okla., on Monday. A broad tornado capable of leaving "catastrophic" damage in its wake churned across the Oklahoma landscape Monday, prompting forecasters to declare a tornado emergency for two communities directly in its path.

Deadly Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across The Great Plains

At least two people died Monday in a series of severe storms. Oklahoma was particularly hard-hit.

Jennifer Curry Wingrove (center) is the founder of Astraeus Aerial Dance Theatre, which is presenting "Mythos -- The Opening of Pandora's Box" at the Fourth Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival.

Survival Guide To San Diego International Fringe

Highlighting what looks good at this year's festival

Tim Kilroy runs a business from his home in Arlington, Mass. His insurance company quit covering the long-acting Ritalin that helps him manage his ADHD.

Fight To Lower Drug Prices Forces Some To Switch Medication

Health insurers are trying to spark a price war by refusing to pay for some brand-name medications unless they get a big discount. This forces some people to change their prescriptions.

Traffic backed up due to the blackout across San Diego County on Sept. 8, 2011.

San Diego Quality Of Life Dashboard Offers Mixed Review

A regional quality of life index was positive in most of the 15 areas measured, but got neutral marks in some areas and poor marks in others.

Warming sea surface temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, shown in red, signal a strengthening El Niño, July 2015.

Strengthening El Niño May Trigger Wet Winter In San Diego

The strongest El Niño in nearly 20 years seems to be developing in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to the latest forecast by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

#NPRreads: Senator In Prison, Pitchers Who Hit, Ice Cream, And Overwork

This week's selection of what NPR correspondents, editors and producers are reading online includes a prison story and a baseball tale.

Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him at a news conference in New York where he announced the establishment of Trump University, May 23, 2005.

Judge Blocks Release Of Trump's Video Testimony

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in a ruling Tuesday denied the request from news organizations that wanted full transcripts and video of Trump's recent depositions.

Sarah Silverman plays a profoundly depressed woman who has gone off her medication in the film <em>I Smile Back.</em>

Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Depression, Comedy And Troublemaking

Throughout her life, comedian Sarah Silverman has experienced varying degrees of depression, which she likens to a "chemical change." She plays a profoundly depressed woman in the film I Smile Back.

Siegfried Powell moves boxes of food at a food pantry set up in the United Steelworkers Union in Birmingham, Ala. He was laid off from his job at Fairfield Works mill after working there for 26 years.

Concerned Workers Face Dwindling Industry And Layoffs With A Steely Resolve

Steelworkers in Birmingham, Ala., are trying to figure out a new future now that U.S. Steel, one of the last major steel-making operations in the South, has closed.

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