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Researchers who helped shape our understanding of climate change win Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in physics went to three scientists this year for their work on climate change and chaotic systems.

A wind turbine in front of a steaming coal power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 2010. New reports find countries' latest promises to cut climate emissions are still not enough to avoid the worst impacts from warming.

Glasgow climate pledges are 'lip service' without far more aggressive plans

New analyses find countries' latest climate promises are still not enough to meet the goal set in the Paris climate agreement. And they warn few countries even have plans to carry out their pledges.

A person walks on a boardwalk at the salt flats at Badwater Basin on Aug. 17, 2020, in Death Valley National Park in California.

Death Valley Posts 130-Degree Heat, Potentially Matching A Record High

The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.

In this screen grab from video, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu presides over jury selection in the trial of former police Officer Kim Potter in the April 11, 2021, death of Daunte Wright.

With the jury set, trial turns to opening statements in Daunte Wright killing

Opening statements will begin in the manslaughter trial of police officer Kim Potter for the death of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Her lawyers claim she mistakenly pulled a gun instead of her Taser.

A new bill aims to counter the growing economic threat of China

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, about the America Competes Act of 2022, which the House introduced. He was a co-sponsor of the bi-partisan version in 2021.

A makeshift memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School honors the 215 children whose remains were found near the facility, in Kamloops, Canada, on September 1, 2021.

Canada pledges $40 billion in talks over rampant abuses of Indigenous children

From 1831 to 1998, the government separated some 150,000 Indigenous children from their families and sent them to residential schools where they routinely faced physical and sexual abuse.

Vehicles drive past a sign on the 110 Freeway warning of extreme heat and urging energy conservation during a heat wave in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 2. Soaring electricity bills are pinching many household budgets across the country even as gasoline prices have come down.

Soaring electricity bills are the latest inflation flashpoint

Inflation eased slightly in August thanks to falling gasoline prices, but the cost of many essentials continues to climb, including soaring power bills that are straining family budgets.

A monkeypox vaccine vile sits on a table, July 13, 2022.

San Diego County hosts monkeypox forum as cases increase to 121

The forum was conducted in an effort to better inform the public about the county's response to the virus.

Cattle graze amid drought conditions near Ojai, Calif., on June 21. Drought in parts of the country have forced some ranchers to slaughter their cattle early, leading to a drop in beef prices that will only be temporary.

Droughts are hitting cattle ranchers hard – and that could make beef more expensive

Severe drought is forcing some ranchers to send cattle to slaughter early. That's sparked a temporary glut in beef that's leading to lower prices, but it won't last.

Ash Williams poses for a portrait outside of his home in Asheville, N.C., in August. Williams is a transgender abortion doula and activist.

What it's like being an abortion doula in a state with restrictive laws

"I'm an abortion doula, I fund people's abortions, I make sure they can get to their appointments, period," said Ash Williams of North Carolina. "I can do that. I just need to keep doing that."

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