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Recently 3 Itasca County FFA chapters came together with the Outreach Program of the Brainerd Lakes Area to combat hunger in the community.

Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies? Turns out it's not just people in tinfoil hats asking that question — it's the U.S. government.

In Silicon Valley, Google has acquired billions of dollars of property that's at risk for flooding as sea levels continue to rise. That's raising questions about whether it's safe to build at all.

The CDC has reversed its position that vaccinated people no longer need masks and recommends masking up again in certain settings. Does that mean grocery stores? What about roller coasters?

Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-D.C.) discusses the upcoming primaries in Washington, D.C., and neighboring Maryland and Virginia. The so-called Potomac primaries are set for Tuesday. Holmes-Norton also explains concerns about the role of superdelegates at the Democratic convention.

Personal injury law firms are using location-based mobile ads to target people as they enter emergency rooms. The trend is raising concerns among patients and health privacy experts.

The Cates family has been turning excess wine grapes into raisins as a way to reduce food waste. Since last year's devastating fires in California's wine-growing region, they've expanded.

The additional deaths were reported in North Carolina. South Carolina's governor said the damage in his state "will be catastrophic, surpassing anything recorded in modern history."

We Build the Wall, a nonprofit organization funding construction of a section of border wall near Sunland Park, N.M., said Thursday that it has 10 other sites picked out for more wall construction.

Massive Australian wildfires are sending embers high into the atmosphere. When they rain down, they can start new fires far from the original source, and some buildings are more flammable than others.

Stacy Jupiter works with the people of Fiji to protect the oceans. Two of her most important life lessons came from the Peace Corps: 1) listen and 2) nothing ever goes according to plan.

Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., about the new bill she introduced to gather data about suicide attempts by first responders.

The strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic outside of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico is moving away from Puerto Rico. More than half of its residents are without power.

The American medical establishment was confident: no hookworm disease in the country for decades. A new study uncovered cases in Alabama.

Harvey is finally out of the picture — but the storm's devastating effects on Houston and other parts of Texas and Louisiana are still coming into focus.

It was a big night for Democrats, who got their first major wins at the ballot box in the Trump era. Here is what it means.

Researchers administered doses of azithromycin to 190,238 children in sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate dropped, but fear of antibiotic resistance looms.

Using historical data and estimates from deep-sea trawls that drag nets along the ocean floor, researchers estimate that millions of tons of catch have gone unreported in the last 50 years.

One sign of the poverty they're investigating — the recent (and surprising) reemergence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Ala.

An NPR analysis shows that the majority of counties with the highest COVID-19 death rates showed stronger support for Trump in 2020 than they did four years ago.