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Fighting climate change is a big messy task that will take a lot of work. This hour, TED's Science Curator David Biello joins Manoush to share some promising and fascinating solutions.

Plumes of dust often travel thousands of miles from Africa to the Americas. The peak activity happens between June and mid-August.

Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years-long visa scheme in Louisiana.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: hear an undulating, groovy work for four trombones, with Laura Jurd’s “Swamped.” It’s music that encourages the performers to change their sound to something more compact, like performing into a 1940s microphone.Then: we continue our interview series with composers from the Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program in Sarasota. This week, it’s conversations with Max Gibson and Joshua Muetzel.

The governor was in Horseshoe Beach, one of the hardest hit regions of Florida by Hurricane Hurricane. An entire marina was washed away, and homes destroyed in the area.

Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore's former prime minister, said he is a "political refugee" after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised Moody, who has served as Florida's attorney general since 2019, for fighting against policies he described as part of the Democratic Party's "woke agenda."

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: It’s music that is all about echoes with a work by Valentin Jost titled “Echo Chamber.” And throughout the piece, the composer explores the sensation of walking through a series of different echo chambers.Then: we conclude our series of interviews with composers from Sarasota’s Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program. This week, it’s conversations with Treya Nash and Sean Quinn.

Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens said on social media that she has moved her May concert — originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center — to a different venue in Washington, D.C.

Sometimes, when we believe something, no amount of data can change our minds. This week, why we cling to our beliefs — even when they're wrong.

June tends to be a dusty month with particles traveling thousands of miles from Africa to the Americas. Much is talked about, but not all is bad.

Zoo officials said 55-year-old Archie had recently been diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. Due to his age and the extent of the tumor, extensive treatment would have been too taxing for him.

The chip company Nvidia is the darling of the AI boom. Can its closely-watched earnings live up to the hype?

Police described the suspect as a 31-year-old white male with no known connection to the church. His motive remains unclear.

The National Hurricane Center has highlighted the eastern Gulf and the western Atlantic with a 20% chance of development over the next seven days.

Tropical Storm Erin continues to gain strength and enters warmer ocean waters. The track looks to favor the Caribbean and the U.S.; there will still be indirect impacts.

The private service was held Tuesday at Indian Rocks Baptist Church, where the wrestling icon was baptized in 2023. Security was tight and those not on the guest list were turned away.

Raw milk in Florida cannot be sold for human consumption, but people drink it anyway. Health experts say unpasteurized milk is one of the riskiest foods people can consume.

The news of Adm. Alvin Holsey's upcoming retirement comes two days after the U.S. military's fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean against a small boat accused of carrying drugs.

Google unveils a litany of products at the developers' conference, including messaging apps, a personal virtual assistant and a voice-controlled speaker that connects you with it.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony.

DePrince, born in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents during the country's civil war. She became the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and later joined the Boston Ballet.

Nepal 's president appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister. She is the first woman to head the nation's government.

Officials say most of the victims are children. Thailand's prime minister expressed his condolences to the families. Authorities say the man who carried out the attack was a former police officer.