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Days after Category 4 Hurricane Ian came ashore near the tony seaside community, residents are taking stock and trying to put their lives back together.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh met with key red state Democrats on Wednesday. The lawmakers are up for re-election in November and under pressure to back his confirmation.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband about his recent trip to Ethiopia to assess dire humanitarian conditions due to drought in East Africa.

In Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, counselors guide girls as they face tough choices during the coronavirus crisis — from giving up on their education to opting for early marriage.

The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book gives tips on how to shop for, store, season and cook meat. Why shouldn't you pack your burgers too tight? Two America's Test Kitchen editors explain.

NPR's David Greene talks with Dr. David Schonfeld, director of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement about how to talk to children about mass shootings and trauma.

In 2000, police investigating the rape allegations of a 15-year-old girl on a remote Pacific island uncovered a trail of child abuse dating back at least three generations. Journalist Kathy Marks details the story in her new book, Lost Paradise.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss how, for the first time, Medicare will negotiate the prices of 10 common medicines. Plus, we look at the latest in education news and hear about how a Florida woman and her granddaughter made history – six decades apart.

A massive analysis of some 350,000 students in 53 countries has uncovered a paradox: Students in many countries that are mediocre at science have an inflated sense of good they are.

Chinese New Year in Singapore lets the unique Malay, Indian, Chinese and European influences of Singaporean cuisine shine through. The author of a new memoir about the country's food shares favorite recipes and family memories.

In July of 1956, wilderness activists Olaus and Mardy Murie made an expedition to the upper Sheenjek River of Alaska's Brooks Range to inventory an untouched wilderness. Five decades later, one of their young disciples returns to find the beauty intact.

New music from Four Tet, Prince-inspired funk, and sinister techno: It's All Songs Considered's monthly mix of our favorite new electronic jams.

In the course of his delightful Netflix series, Galifianakis learns how to graft apple trees, make richer compost and generally self-sustain. "The future is agrarian," he says in every episode.

The woman burst onto the set of the evening news and told viewers they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine. She was fined for a video in which she called for Russians to protest the war.

Jeffrey Rosen will lead the Justice Department for the final weeks of the Trump presidency as the White House presses officials to do more to investigate politically sensitive cases.

The former Florida governor becomes the 11th major Republican candidate for the party's presidential nomination.

The art of sabrage, or knocking open a bottle of Champagne with a sword, probably started during the time of Napoleon. A sword is handy but not necessary; a kitchen knife can also work, according to a Champagne expert.

House votes along party lines to impeach the Homeland Security chief. Vice President Harris to travel to Germany for a series of meetings with U.S. allies. Indonesians voted for a new president.

South Korea has deemed its K-pop stars soft power national security assets. And with a new law, K-pop artists can now defer mandatory military service along with classical musicians and star athletes.

Continuing to make his response to Sept. 11 a key theme of his re-election campaign, President Bush visits Long Island, where he breaks ground on a memorial to victims of the terrorist attacks. Bush winds up the visit with a fundraiser, as families of Sept. 11 victims continue to criticize his use of the attacks for political purposes. Hear NPR's Robert Smith.

A frontline worker, a driver for Uber who loved blues singers and girl bands, especially Heart.

In California alone, hate crimes against Latinos have increased by more than 50 percent since 2016. The administration's immigration crackdown and the president's rhetoric may help explain the spike.

From one-room historic buildings to modern architectural marvels, Robert Dawson has been photographing libraries for almost 20 years. His new book is called The Public Library.

Written in the '80s, The Gourmet is an absurdist satire exploring the politics of food and the hedonistic culture of consumerism that treats it as a recreational drug. It's still strikingly relevant.

Russia is undergoing an economic boom, and its citizens are free to travel and read what they want. But some observers say that Russian politics under President Vladimir Putin have come to resemble those of the old Soviet Union.