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Plaquemines Parish President Hunkers Down Through Hurricane Ida With Members

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kirk Lepine, Plaquemines Parish president, about the impact of Hurricane Ida in his parish.

Two firefighters from Cosumnes Fire Department carry water hoses while holding a fire line to keep the Caldor Fire from spreading in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Friday.

Responders Are Gaining On The Caldor Fire, But Now They've Got New Blazes To Battle

More containment on the fire near Lake Tahoe means that some residents have been able to return, but a rash of new "suspicious" fires erupted over Labor Day weekend, officials say.

Migrants stand in line at a respite center in June after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves in and were released in Del Rio, Texas.

In Texas, Officials Are Reporting A Surge Of Migrants At The Southern Border This Week

Texas officials call it a "historic surge." Thousands of new arrivals, largely from Haiti, are straining an already overstretched system, and more are on the way.

Students return to school at Seminole Heights Elementary School after the Florida Department of Education mandated that all schools must have in-class learning during the week on August 31, 2020 in Tampa, Florida.

Some Florida School Districts Will Require Masks. The Governor May Cut Their Funding

Several districts are keeping their mask mandates in place despite an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that leaves it up to parents to decide whether their children wear face coverings in school.

President Biden waves to members of the press as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One on Nov. 10, in Washington, D.C. Biden is under pressure to do more as prices continue to surge.

Inflation is surging and people are hopping mad

Inflation is the highest it's been in more than 30 years, imposing a financial burden on households and putting President Biden under pressure.

Married for 52 years, William and Diana Gutierrez died of COVID months apart

William and Diana Gutierrez lost their lives to COVID approximately two months apart last winter. We take a moment to remember their lives.

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at the Express Scripts mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., in 2018. Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal to lower prescription drug prices for seniors.

Democrats' deal on prescription drugs would lower costs for seniors

Democrats agreed to a significant — but slimmed down — proposal to help lower prescription drug prices, bringing aboard notable holdouts on the measure, including Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Only about 40% of people who are eligible have gotten a COVID booster shot

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

A demonstrator holds a sign about the U.S. census outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. The Census Bureau has stopped all work on President Trump's directive to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants that could be subtracted from a key set of census numbers, NPR has learned.

Census Bureau Stops Work On Trump's Request For Unauthorized Immigrant Count

The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned.

Americans on low incomes are hit harder by high gas prices due to the war in Ukraine

Gas prices are hitting record highs in the U.S. amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That's got a lot of people on modest incomes worried as inflation is already making it tough to scrape by.

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