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Pacific Gas & Electric — whose equipment started some of California's deadliest wildfires — has proposed burying power lines in some at-risk areas. Local regulators have pushed back, citing costs.

Bundle up and prepare: People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

President Trump is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. He boasted about the strength of the U.S. economy, but said little about the event's main focus: climate change.

The special NPR series Body Electric examines how technology is affecting our posture. You can follow along with the series at npr.org/bodyelectric or on the TED Radio Hour podcast feed.

Scientists who warned of heat waves and rising seas this week also say that it's possible to avoid the worst effects of the warming climate. They're relying on computer models of the world economy.

Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the language differs from the original offer.

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.

Deadly storms and widespread flooding in Kentucky killed 12 people. Gov. Andy Beshear says it will take a long time to recover and the state will need federal help.

Even if you take DOGE's savings claims so far at face value, its moves to cancel contracts, end leases and push federal agencies to reduce head count barely dent the government's balance sheet.

The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with a series of duties on U.S. products, responding to the Trump administration rise in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.

Football is underway and already fans are being treated to some great games courtesy of some unexpected players: rookie quarterbacks. It's not often so many rookie QBs make such an immediate impact.

President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.

Staff at the key cybersecurity agency were initially excluded from government efforts to leave their jobs, but then on Wednesday they were given deferred resignation offers with just hours to decide.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee about the compromise framework for a 2024 spending plan and the response from inside the GOP congressional conference.

New reports show that the U.S. military effort to provide aid to Gaza with a floating pier became a desperate race against time — and led to one soldier's death.

Tampa Bay has managed to finish atop its division in recent years but needs to add talent to stay ahead of the pack. It will have that opportunity in the NFL draft, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Green Bay.

After a couple extremely slow years, more inventory is finally hitting the market this spring. But buyers might be put off by high prices and an unsteady economy.

We look at where things stand with the 2 million federal workers weighing the Trump administrations offer to resign; massive cuts at USAID and how the Democrats are responding to these developments.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava late Tuesday acknowledged that Gov. Ron DeSantis had the power to buy a county-owned airport in the Everglades to build an immigration detention center, but said she has "significant concerns" about the project.

Researchers have discovered a Mayan site hidden deep in the jungle on the Yucatan Peninsula thought to have been built over a thousand years ago.

NASA has announced it is moving forward with several plans to return rock samples from Mars.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of fact-checking on his social media platforms. Industry watchers say it's another sign Silicon Valley is trying to get in President-elect Trump's good graces.

The Bulls have already defeated two ranked teams and face what should be a bigger challenge against the Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium. Both teams have QBs on hot streaks, and USF's defense has been strong.

In a key California Central Valley House race, both the Democratic and Republican candidates have bucked their parties' national platforms to try to win in this purple district.

For more than a year, Sarasota City Hall’s first-floor bathrooms have been out of order — and for months now, every toilet in the historic building has been shut down as crews rip out and replace its crumbling plumbing.