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In preparing for future fires, Maui doesn't have to look far. States like California have passed wildfire policies to reduce the risk that a community will be destroyed.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with labor historian Harley Shaiken about what President Trump's pick for labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, tells us about how he's thinking about labor policy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks OB-GYN Kristin Lyerly what doctors and patients in Wisconsin have been dealing with before the Supreme Court election — and how it affects abortion in the region.

There's excitement and tension among Democrats as thousands of delegates head to Chicago for the party's convention this week.

Business leaders worry that tough laws against undocumented workers will discourage legal immigrants from coming to the state to work. Iowa's low jobless rate has left businesses struggling to hire.

By July, India aims to vaccinate 300 million of its 1.4 billion people. But with COVID-19 infections already declining, some Indians don't see the need — and clinics have more doses than recipients.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Janine Felson, deputy head of the Belize Delegation for COP26 and advisor to the Alliance of Small Island States, about how negotiations went at COP26 in Glasgow.

Some Rams and Bengals have seized their moment on football's biggest stage to make an impact long after they have left the field.

Antwon Rose Jr., 17, was riding in a car suspected of having been used in an earlier shooting. He ran after police stopped the vehicle and was shot three times by an East Pittsburgh police officer.

The Associated Press interviewed more than two dozen refugees in neighboring Bangladesh, some of whom had time-stamped cellphone videos backing claims of several mass graves.

Humans are adaptable, even in pandemic times. As the coronavirus spreads, ordinary citizens in several U.S. cities hit early say they are shifting daily routines to survive and thrive.

Johnson spent more than three years as superintendent, during a turbulent time when the department was trying to restore the public's faith in police after the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

With the fall of Omar Bin Abdul Aziz hospital, the remaining civilians have nowhere to seek treatment for injuries or illness.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash with The Ohio State University's Shawn Pruchnicki. He was trained in accident investigation at the National Transportation Safety Board.

Israel's war against Hamas has killed tens of thousands of people, with the latest strikes targeting a hospital and journalists.

Florida has some of the nation's toughest building codes. But the rules are looser in the Panhandle, allowing construction that couldn't stand up to the storm's 155 mph winds.

It's not just Sri Lanka. ISIS has recruited local Muslims in South India too. Experts say the Indian Ocean region could be the next front for global jihad.

She's had to flee Afghanistan for her life. And she's one of many whose experience offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for the country's women.

Jori Lewis tells eye-opening stories of individuals despite scant historical record. At the outset she asks: "How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?"

In previous high-profile police shooting cases, prosecutors have not won convictions against the officers. But many in Charleston hope the trial of ex-cop Michael Slager will send a different message.