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Helene reached major category status shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday and it races north toward the Big Bend. Widespread power outages and catastrophic storm surges are expected.

While our judges search for the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest winner, we're sharing even more entries we love. This week's selection includes songs perfect for reflection, daydreaming and solo dance parties.

The celebrated conductor recalls how a brand new record player and a stack of Mozart LPs sparked his life-long love of opera. Hear what he describes as "still my favorite recording of my favorite piece in the world."

The Ocala-area project will add extra lanes to a stretch of I-75 that's often congested. Other projects are underway around the state to improve traffic flow on major roadways.

Eid, the end of Ramadan, can be an especially trying time for converts to Islam. Many of them are without family and friends on a holiday where community is at the forefront.

El programa Schools of Hope (Escuelas de Esperanza) fue diseñado inicialmente para atender a niños en áreas de escasos recursos donde el rendimiento estudiantil es bajo. El año pasado, dicho programa se expandió para permitir que las escuelas chárter ocupen espacio en casi cualquier escuela que tenga áreas sin utilizar.

Flooding, pollution, climate change and being home to several endangered species are just a few of the several threats facing the Everglades. Its future looks grim if major conservation efforts aren’t undertaken.

In a piece on his latest album, the Pulitzer-winning composer uses a code of musical notes to spell out the name of his wife, Natasha. Another composition is inspired by her remarkable resilience.

President Bush is marking the 50th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule with a visit to the former Soviet satellite. He met with European Union leaders in Vienna on Wednesday, where he addressed the issues of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

Food pantries were running low last week in a North Carolina county where about 1 in 4 residents receive SNAP assistance.

Because Hamas is listed as a terrorist group, the USAID has had to shut down a big project in the West Bank and Gaza aimed at helping the Palestinian economy develop viable private-sector markets and boost job creation.

The energy bill now before Congress focuses on decreasing consumption across various sectors. Among the proposals: eliminating the so-called "Hummer tax loophole" that allows small businesses to write off large luxury SUVs.

News of layoffs has made headlines for months now, from Wall Street and banks to auto and construction workers. The sectors hardest-hit by layoffs primarily employ men. Also, once out of work, older Americans find it much harder to get a job.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Shelley Rigger, professor of East Asian Policy at Davidson College, about the U.S.-Taiwan-China relationship ahead of a possible visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Pelosi.

Carlson becomes the 11th candidate in the field looking to replace two-term Mayor Jane Castor.

A friend and colleague passed away over the weekend, after a long battle with cancer: Carolyn Jensen Chadwick.

This brings the total of reported attacks on the Northwest power grid to 10 since November. Attacks on substations in the Pacific Northwest have heightened concerns about grid vulnerabilities.

Houston, the only woman included in the 2020 class of a male-dominated institution, will be joined by Biggie Smalls, Nine Inch Nails, The Doobie Brothers, T. Rex and Depeche Mode.

Muchos residentes creen que el condado no ha cumplido con su deber de remover sedimentos y vegetación de arroyos, zanjas y desagües, lo que impide que las fuertes lluvias causan inundaciones masivas.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with John Blake, who wrote More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew, about how an apparition of his grandfather led to healing.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe hears the latest on the shooting from Gulf States Newsroom reporter Drew Hawkins.

which is expected to touch on some sensitive issues such as married priests and birth control.

at the Art Institute of Chicago which runs until January 5th, titled " >Degas--Beyond Impressionism."

Russian President Vladimir Putin resumed his traditional year-end press conference, after canceling last year, when Russia was doing badly on the battlefield. He combined it with a call-in program.

The Ukrainian refugee aid organization Right to Protection is continuing to help displaced people as much as possible, even as its own staff members are forced to relocate to safer areas.