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Most of the town of Paradise is now homeless. What happens to the town and what happens to the 27,000 without homes in northern California?

Noel King talks to Max Boot, author of The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I left the Right, who offers his take on the status of the Republican Party after Tuesday's midterm elections.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ESPN's Howard Bryant about the recent controversy surrounding the University of Maryland's football team.

California has a number of key House races to watch on Election Day. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is one of several Republicans trying to keep seats in districts that went to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

A local road commissioner is defending his use of the N-word — by repeatedly using the slur, and insisting that it does not imply he is a racist. State and local officials are urging his resignation.

Team USA skateboarder Maurio McCoy tells NPR how he's spending his summer now that the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are postponed until next year.

Despite the booming stock market under President Trump, the finance sector is giving a bit more money to Democrats than to Republicans for the first time in more than a decade.

The growing coronavirus death toll doesn't provoke the same type of emotional response that a plane crash might. It's a coping mechanism and how our neurons are wired, says psychologist Elke Weber.

"I didn't call them to come help my brother die," Joe Prude told NPR. "I called them to come help me get my brother some help."

Even beyond wildfire smoke, the air this summer has been more dangerous for millions of Americans. That's because of the warming climate, which threatens to roll back decades of improving air quality.