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Damaging winds gusting between 55 and 70 mph are creating "critical" fire risks across LA and Ventura counties through Wednesday, officials say. Evacuation orders are expected to rise again.

The company also said it has banned "numerous individuals" that it found to be associated with hate groups or involved in criminal activity at the Capitol.

Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.

As an earthquake and then a storm wreak havoc in Haiti — ten years after the devastating Port-au-Prince quake, Haitian writer Myriam J.A. Chancey reflects on why the nation has been so vulnerable.

Russians celebrate Victory Day on Monday, May 9. The annual event marks the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, but it has taken on added importance this year because of Ukraine.

Former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will face former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley in the state's toss-up U.S. Senate race.

Protesters gathered near the site of an attack on pro-democracy activists last weekend. Police said demonstrators could face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Aid workers warn that the move will upend services to the country's neediest people and threaten hundreds of jobs. What's behind the government's decision?

The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, about Xi Jinping and the 20th Party Congress.

China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests.

There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

The U.S. Agency for International Development was the biggest funder of projects for Palestinians to encourage stability and peace. Now these projects are under a stop-work order.

The Libertarian nominee for president criticizes both the Democrats and Republicans and argues that if he is included in debates and national polls he could bring in a significant portion of votes.

This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.

The Texas Legislature passed a plan called for by President Trump to give Republicans an edge. And California lawmakers are sending theirs to the voters as the two most populous states compete to shape the midterm elections for Congress.

NATO is promising a delivery of a million drones to Ukraine, even as future U.S. support seems uncertain. Ukrainians in Sumy, a region in northeastern Ukraine, live under Russian shelling and deadly mortar attacks.

We hear from a tour guide in Lviv, who says that although that part of western Ukraine is "peaceful" at the moment, she's worried about keeping her family safe.

The heroine of Jonathan Evison's new novel is 78 years old, chronically drunk and talks to the ghost of her dead husband. Critic Jason Sheehan says the book portrays "darkness with a forced smile."