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The remnants of Hurricane Ida are causing problems far from where it came ashore in Louisiana. In New York City, a deluge of water closed all but one subway line. Surrounding areas had major flooding.

Following Hurricane Ida's powerful strike on Louisiana, the state is struggling to cope with the aftermath. Power is out for a million homes and businesses, food and fuel are both in short supply.

The Florida Department of Health filed a notice last week that said the fines would begin on Sept. 16.

Where does the U.S. stand with its European allies following President Biden's decision to leave Afghanistan by Aug. 31? NPR's Rachel Martin asks Philippe Etienne, the French ambassador to the U.S.

The largest airlift in U.S. history continues as thousands of Afghans are on their way to new homes, fleeing Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Many evacuees are being processed at the base in Ramstein.

Maryland is famous for its crab cakes. But the cost of crab and a shortage of the crustacean has Baltimore chef John Shields doing something radical.

China is the world's largest carbon emitter, after the U.S., producing an estimated 27% of global greenhouse gases. Kerry is in the country for talks on stronger efforts to curb rising temperatures.

As when the Taliban last took power, the Panjshir Valley is the hub of resistance — and is led by a man named Massoud. This Massoud has no combat experience but is amassing allies and vows to fight.

Simu Liu plays a young kung fu master who returns home to battle his evil father. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a superhero movie packed with an unusual emotional intensity.

Bud Howard, the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District's director of information services, says scientists anticipated a signifiant amount of traces of the virus in the sewage system — and in the community.

One crew member has been rescued, and five additional sailors aboard an aircraft carrier were injured, officials said. The crash occurred about 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego.

Members of the public helped identify Benjamin Eugene Dagley of Ohio, according to police in Gulfport, Mississippi.

The Illinois events, both hosted by one unnamed organization, did not require masks or COVID-19 testing. Officials say that more than 1,000 people across at least four states could have been exposed.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and who is an expert on federal courts, about the law that effectively ends Roe v. Wade in the state.

There's new urgency to get billions of dollars in federal rental assistance to tenants and landlords. Memphis, without an eviction ban since July, has figured out some things that work.

A group of University of Miami graduate students created the blog "Seasoned Chaos" last year to help make sense of the complicated physics behind climate change.

The money would be spread over a period of 18 years, starting next April.

NPR's A Martínez talks to FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell about the extent of the storm's damage across the nation. Historic flooding due to Ida inundated the East Coast — killing several people.

Here's the story behind the brand and how Gatorade’s impact goes far beyond the world of sports.

More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss — who died from injuries suffered in the Kabul Airport bombing — was likely the final one.

In the Amazon musical version of Cinderella that's rolling out this weekend, Cinderella just wants to run her own business. Can a prince understand?

President Biden's approval rating slid to just 43%, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The decline is principally due to independents, a key swing group.

Both counties sent letters to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran saying they believe they are in compliance by allowing only medical exemptions to their mandates.

The London rapper performs songs from her new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert from a living room dropped inside a void.

The board, on a 3-2 vote, decided that parents who wish their children to be exempted must fill out a form. The policy takes effect Monday.