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Activists rallied and Indigenous performers danced in support of a movement to halt the logging of redwoods in Jackson Demonstration State Forest at the state capital on Friday, March 25.

Indigenous activists protest plans to log redwoods in a Northern California forest

Native people and their allies are pushing back against plans by Cal Fire to log in California's largest state-owned forest.

As It Was: Brookings, Ore., Honors Japanese Bomber Pilot

On Sept. 9, 1942, Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped incendiary bombs near the town of Brookings, Ore.Fujita’s World War II mission was to start massive…

Huntington, W.Va., Mayor Steve Williams, left, and lawyer Rusty Webb enter the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., in May. A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis in a West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

What Epicurus Really Had In Mind

Are you an epicurean? Would you know how to be? The term has taken some twisting over the years, connoting to some people something between a snob and a…

Baarud, a 5-month-old camel, playfully pulls at Aadar Mohamed's hijab in the village of Hiijinle, outside of Lughaya in northwest Somaliland on Dec. 10, 2019.

Meet 5 women documenting the effects of climate change around the world

In honor of Women's History Month, NPR's Picture Show is taking a look at five women photographers and their photographs that highlight climate change.

Jerry Lee Lewis, in a photo taken during his infamous trip to London in June 1958, when it became public that he was married to his 13-year-old cousin.

Jerry Lee Lewis has died at age 87

The iconic rock 'n' roll pioneer and last living member of the "Million-Dollar Quartet" — whose meteoric rise collapsed almost as quickly as he ascended, thanks to scandal — has died at age 87.

As It Was: Chris Kenney Memoirs Describe Early Jacksonville Life

Chris Kenney was born in Jacksonville in 1883, a descendent of William T’vault, a Jacksonville pioneer who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin struck a deal to include energy and climate spending in a party-line reconciliation bill.

Climate experts experience an odd sensation after the Manchin budget deal: optimism

Democrats in Congress look ready to pass legislation with significant climate change elements that would push the country closer to President Biden's ambitious goals.

A mural in memory of Mary Luten, 59, who died while saving others in the Waverly flood, sits on display at The Walls Art Park. The flood on Aug. 21, 2021, killed 20 people and damaged more than 700 homes.

In a flood-ravaged Tennessee town, uncertainty hangs over the recovery

It's been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There's been lots of effort to rebuild, but it's still unclear if the town will ever be the same.

Many Western states lack building codes that require wildfire-resistant materials, but a new study shows the cost can be minimal.

Fireproofing your home isn't very expensive — but few states require it

Many Western states lack building codes for wildfire-resistant homes. But a new study finds the costs can be minimal, undercutting long-held building industry arguments against such codes.

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