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Wildfires, and the scorched hillsides they leave behind, can threaten drinking water for years after the smoke clears. One Colorado community is trying to get ahead of the problem.

As a former SNL cast member, Franken tends to see humor in politics. Despite this, he says his gut reaction to the Trump administration isn't levity: "This guy is outside the norm in many ways."

The Apple TV+ show might not be as riotous as its roster of comedy stars would suggest, but it's an entertaining murder mystery.

Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he's faced unprecedented pressure from within the GOP to throw out ballots that would favor Democrats.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Elisa Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, about the latest monthly jobs report published Friday.

The Labor Department has said the nation's unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in October, its highest rate in 14 years. The report said 240,000 jobs were lost, worse than expected. This year, 1.2 million jobs have been lost.

In 2015, Reiner collaborated with his son, Nick Reiner, on Being Charlie, a story about addiction, loosely based on Nick's experiences. Rob Reiner talked about the film with Fresh Air in September.

"Lucky Stiff" tells the scheme of an Englishman forced to take the body of a recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. The cast includes WWSB meteorologist John Scalzi, who tells us what to expect.

Beyond the HFPA's year of scandal, the current nominations for the 79th annual Golden Globe Awards needed to make an urgent argument: Why should we still care about this awards show?

"Buzz marketing" tries to create grass-roots excitement for a product or service. Slate advertising critic Seth Stevenson says the new commercial campaign by the Burger King fast-food chain, featuring the return of the King icon once a major part of the restaurant's branding, leave him buzzing -- with annoyance.

A dual crisis is unfolding in school lunchrooms across Florida. Some districts raise prices to keep pace with higher costs, and thousands fewer kids are signed up for the help they need to get free meals.

In 1947, Indiana teenager John Miley began recording radio sports broadcasts. There are now more than 44,000 of them in his collection.

The rapper Playboi Carti's much-hyped MUSIC leads this week in albums. Plus, the rapper Doechii continues to make gains with her recently released "Anxiety" and Chappell Roan finds minor country chart success with "The Giver."

The three could be released as part of the first phase of the deal to get hostages out of Gaza, a deal that the U.S. helped broker between Israel and Hamas.

Karen Joy Fowler's haunting novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, draws on arguments she used to have with her father, a psychology professor, over how closely connected humans and animals really are. Fowler is also the author of the 2004 best-seller The Jane Austen Book Club.

"For a long time, a certain set of men have called women like me 'witches' to silence and discredit us," West says. Her book explores misogyny, the #MeToo movement and growing up female in America.

Shiny new guest star Julianna Margulies shows up to interview Alex and Bradley about their impending reunion, while Mitch enters the heart of his redemption arc.

More than half will go to military spending.

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination is much more than a memoir about a stillborn child. Elizabeth McCracken's story of stunning loss and grief is also a moving and affirming story of love.

Anthony Horowitz's latest novel is a whodunit about whodunits. He says, "I wanted it to be ... a sort of a treatise on the whole genre of murder mystery writing."

An Italian appeals court released Amanda Knox Monday. Knox, an American exchange student, had been convicted of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in an Italian prison. Earlier in court, Knox made an emotional appeal for freedom.

On this date 78 years ago, allied troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. This StoryCorps episode is about two people freed from another camp: Theresienstadt.

Lauren Manning was one of the few employees of her firm to survive the attacks on the World Trade Center, but suffered massive burn injuries. She credits her will to survive to the memory of her colleagues. "I took absolute personal responsibility that they wouldn't get another one," she says.

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan, religious groups and diplomats are still fighting to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war.

President Trump recently embraced kei cars, tiny vehicles that are popular in Asia but hard to get in the U.S. Kei car enthusiasts are delighted — but doubt whether much will change.