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State and federal agencies are working with local governments and homeowners to clean up hazardous waste in the rubble of this year's destructive wildfire season.

Oregon, Washington and Nevada joined forces with California Tuesday to vet any vaccine for COVID-19 before distributing it to the public.

Election experts say there is no longer enough time to ensure ballots sent through the mail will be delivered in time. They're encouraging voters to deliver their ballots by hand or vote in person.

We admit to being just a little uneasy in a recent discussion of artificial intelligence, especially when the talk turned to autonomous weapons. Think of…

We get skads of information from the federal census every ten years: how many people live in the United States, where they live, how much money they make,…

A professor of Yiddish literature and a journalist walk into a studio. You were expecting a joke? Actually, there will likely be several as we visit with…

Giddens explains how the new song she composed for Morning Edition's Song Project series grew from this year's extreme ups and downs.

Women have made great strides. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, they are still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of housework and parenting.

The historic wildfires in 2020 left many people frustrated that they didn’t receive local emergency alerts when fires were burning in their own communities. Jenny Demaris is the emergency manager in Lincoln County. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Demaris about her advocacy for an overall statewide emergency notification system.

Homeowners living in areas that were hit by recent wildfires could now face a higher risk of flooding. Federal officials are recommending they consider purchasing flood insurance.