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08-09-17 8:30 AM newscast

Fifty years ago this week, the Fairbanks area was being deluged by unprecedented rainfall. The precipitation channeled from surrounding hills into the…

08-09-17 5:45 PM newscast

President Trump amped up his words against North Korea, saying North Korea's leader "is not going to threaten the United States." The U.S. territory of Guam is in the shadow of North Korea's threats.

E.C. Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, discusses with Ailsa Change how humans have understood eclipses over time — from early myths to modern science.

The president has already called the opioid crisis an emergency. If he makes it official through a formal declaration, more money and personnel could be available to deal with the epidemic.

Rachel Martin talks to Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York, a member of the House Foreign Intelligence Committee, about the threats involving North Korea's missile tests.

08-10-17 5:45 PM newscast

Smugglers off the coast of Yemen threw as many as 280 migrants overboard this week, according to the International Organization for Migration. The IOM says dozens of migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia are dead. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joel Millman, spokesman for the IOM, about the incident.

President Trump announced Thursday that his administration plans to declare a national emergency to deal with the opioid epidemic. Six states have already taken this step.