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The damage left by Hurricane Maria has disabled running water for many in Puerto Rico. People are driving to mountain springs to fill empty soda bottles and heading to rivers to do their laundry.

Alex Honnold climbed the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any ropes or safety gear. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Honnold about his historic climb last weekend.

Reservoirs swollen by rain from Hurricane Harvey were opened early Monday, a move that was expected to flood more homes — but one the Army Corps of Engineers says is needed to limit the disaster.

People in Texas are hoping the rain from Tropical Storm Harvey lets up soon. Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, and the death toll is expected to rise.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee after James Comey's dramatic testimony. And a leading Senate Democrat is concerned about obstruction of justice.

Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

A firestorm has erupted over the ethics of using that image on Facebook to promote a photo contest — and the broader issue of how Western media depicts young women and girls in poor countries.

Politics in Haines, Alaska — population 2,500 — has grown intensely bitter lately, reflecting the volume and heat of national politics.

The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff talks to Rachel Martin after former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort surrenders himself to federal law enforcement.

These middle schoolers have been working after school for six months building their giant human-powered brain sculpture. Will their ideas hold up or come crashing down?