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A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, north of the Brentwood neighborhood, on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Strong winds pick up, increasing fire danger as firefighters battle LA blazes

Large parts of Southern California are once again under wildfire risks as strong winds and dry conditions return this weekend through Wednesday.

A man uses a snow blower following a snowstorm on Friday in Atlanta.

A winter storm wraps up in the South, with travel delays and power outages persisting

The significant winter storm had passed in the South by Saturday morning, but travel issues and power outages were still ongoing.

As fires in Los Angeles rage, an already-hurting Hollywood presses pause

The fires around Los Angeles arrived just as Hollywood's awards season kicked off. It's an ominous sign at a time when film and TV production is already down.

How Jimmy Carter's love of music helped launch his presidential campaign

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

Joti, a young man who lives in Panama's Ngäbe-Buglé territory, was diagnosed with HIV 9 years ago. When he told his family, his mother banned him from the family home out of an unfounded fear that his very presence would put others at risk of infection. He asked that he be identified only by his first name to avoid further discrimination in his village for his diagnosis

Why are so many Indigenous Panamanians contracting HIV — and dying of AIDS?

The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate.

Members of the Republican caucus stood on the House floor on the final day of the 2024 legislative session in Minnesota. The Legislature ran right up to its midnight deadline on May 19, with a shouting fest.

In a bitter fight for the Minnesota Legislature, Democrats have threatened a walkout

A series of unexpected events after the narrow election has set up a power struggle in the Minnesota Legislature. Days before the legislative session kicks off, it's unclear who will take control.

Sunday, Ja. 12: Wildfires burnt through cars and buildings in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Photos: Southern California residents return to devastation as two major wildfires rage on

At least 153,000 Los Angelenos have had to evacuate their homes and about 166,000 people were under evacuation warnings as of Saturday, according to the LA County Sheriff's Department.

Wang Jingyu speaks during an interview in Ukraine on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Wang told reporters that the Chinese government constantly harassed and threatened him. But an NPR investigation linked Wang to an elaborate con involving false claims of Chinese Communist Party repression. Wang insists he is a genuine victim and had no involvement in the scheme.

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 1981 prior to appearing on national television to deliver his farewell address. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Opinion: When Jimmy Carter and I spoke about UFOs

NPR's Scott Simon recalls a conversation he once had with the late President Jimmy Carter about the possibility of UFOs.

Cedric Meadows (left), director of outreach, and Anthony Conley, director of support services, at the nonprofit shelter Covenant House California.

An army of community volunteers springs into action as LA fires rage

"It's wild. There's people out here that have just created a chain," said one woman who showed up to volunteer at a YMCA in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood.

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