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Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning, as the storm's center crossed into the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm.

Hurricane Laura Forms, Forecast To Hit U.S. Gulf Coast As A Major Hurricane

Laura was declared a hurricane Tuesday morning, when a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft detected maximum sustained winds of 75 mph in its center.

Frank Fahland, 61, is one of hundreds of Libby, Mont., residents who has an asbestos-related disease. That makes them potentially more vulnerable to complications from COVID-19.

COVID-19 Stalks A Montana Town Already Grappling With Asbestos Disease

In Libby, Mont., an estimated 1 in 10 have an asbestos-related illness, after decades of pollution from a now-shuttered mine. With lungs already scarred, many fear contracting the coronavirus.

Life in Florida, "like in the rest of the world, has been transformed," says photographer Saul Martinez. "People are trying to find spaces of normalcy." Indoor movie theaters no longer offer that. But on a spring night, the Walter and Young families found a change of venue — a drive-in theater — can be a way to reimagine that space. <em>March 14. Fort Lauderdale.</em>

PHOTOS: How The World Is Reinventing Rituals

Religious services. Birthday parties. Movie nights. Our usual routines and rituals may not be possible because of COVID-19. So humans are creating new ways to hold true to their past traditions.

The view from Imperial Beach looking north from SeaCoast drive on a stormy morning April 5, 2019.

Imperial Beach Closes After Mexico Sewage Flows North

The entire shoreline of a Southern California city is closed to swimmers after sewage-contaminated runoff flowed into California from Mexico's Tijuana River.

An economic relief check distributed by the IRS to help with hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It may take some time for the IRS to get through its backlog of work.

With Tax Deadline Looming, IRS Faces Backlog As It Transitions Out Of COVID-19 Crisis

The extended deadline for filing income taxes is less than a month away. For IRS workers who haven't been in their offices for months, there's a lot of catching up to do.

A coal train stops near the White Bluff Plant near Redfield, Ark. in 2014. Entergy Arkansas agreed to eventually stop using coal at this and another plant under a settlement with environmental groups, but a dark money nonprofit funded by Wyoming is pushing to keep them operating.

Wyoming Is Using Dark Money To Help Keep Coal Plants In Other States Open

Wyoming is quietly supporting action elsewhere to preserve its coal-dependent economy. Experts on money in politics say they've never seen this before and find it troubling.

Rose Sanders urges Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to expand Medicaid during a news conference on April 14 at the state Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

The South's Handling Of Coronavirus Could Be 'A Macabre Game Of Whack-A-Mole'

Underlying issues such as poverty and chronic disease make the South particularly vulnerable. The region is also at high risk for natural disasters at a time when emergency resources are stretched.

Each week, police in Lexington, Neb., cordon off several blocks near the edge of town, where roughly 700 cars will line up for USDA Farmers to Families food boxes. Above, volunteers organize boxes on Aug. 27, 2020.

In Rural Nebraska, Combating Hunger From The Pandemic Is A Community Effort

The town of Lexington has long struggled with food insecurity. But when the coronavirus hit, it presented new challenges in feeding this community of 11,000 residents.

Gasping For Air: Autopsies Reveal Troubling Effects Of Lethal Injection

For decades, states have claimed that lethal injection is quick, peaceful and painless. An NPR investigation — and legal battles across the country — tell a different story.

Film still from "The Blue Cape." Yanniel A. Arce Rivera portrays Junior, a ten-year-old boy searching for his grandfather’s medicine in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

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