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Some companies, under pressure from shareholders, are tying executive compensation to climate targets. It's not widespread yet, but the approach is catching on.

The Denver Broncos were about to beat the Oakland Raiders — but for 18 seconds, the bookmaker FanDuel said the team was a 750-1 underdog. Some eagle-eyed fans saw a chance for a win of their own.

The policy is unpopular, and vulnerable Republicans in competitive districts stand to be punished by voters in the midterms if this continues much longer. So Trump is trying to flip the script.

House Republicans don't have the votes to pass an immigration bill. The stalemate demonstrates deep divisions inside the party and spotlights a controversial issue just months ahead of the midterms.

At least 48 people have died in the Northern California blaze that burned through the town of Paradise with shocking speed.

The actor talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about struggling with typecasting after Happy Days, his family's immigration story and about how he found out in his 30s that he had dyslexia.

In 2014, Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement was beset by divisions. Now various protest factions are working together. "If either one gets hurt, we feel the other's pain," says a moderate lawmaker.

The biggest day of voting so far in 2020 wasn't faultless, but it also might have gone much worse. Moves and countermoves are afoot to influence Americans and protect the vote.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with American poet Mark Doty about his new book, What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life.

When an animal is listed as endangered that can be bad news for nearby businesses. That's why Georgia's biggest utility is helping to protect the slow-breeding gopher tortoise.

Volunteer HAM operators have set up informal radio networks to connect family and friends with their loved ones in Puerto Rico. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to one of those volunteers, Greg Dober.

Disputes over immigration and food stamps doomed the measure. Every Democrat and 30 Republicans voted against the bill.

California Republican Rep. Steve Knight is pushing for a vote on bipartisan immigration legislation. This puts him at odds with GOP leadership in the House during an election year.

As Joe Biden prepares to take office, he's talking to governors about trying to implement a national mask mandate. But to succeed, Biden is likely going to need to find a way to depoliticize masks.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ramogi Huma, executive director of the National College Players Association, about the recent student athlete protests across the country.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about Congress's closed-door deposition from Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine.

Despite public health warnings about benzene contamination in the town's water supply, some Paradise residents say they have no choice but to return.

A former U.S. diplomat, Patrick Syring, sent threatening emails to members of the Arab American Institute for more than a decade. On Thursday, he was found guilty of seven federal hate crime charges.

The idea behind this viral ad is to convince men how important it is to have a toilet in the house. That's a major issue in India, where more than 500 million people are loo-less.

At a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on airline customer service, representatives expressed their personal frustrations with the vagaries of flying on U.S. airlines.