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President Joe Biden holds a presidential challenge coin as he is surrounded by Air Force officers
Politics & Policy

Biden praises airlift, defends departure from ‘forever war’

The last Air Force transport plane departed Kabul one minute before midnight Monday, raising questions about why Biden didn't continue the airlift for at least another day.

5 years ago

Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
Weather

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath

Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would return.

5 years ago

Wreckage in Louisiana following Hurrian Ida
NPR
Weather

How climate change is fueling hurricanes like Ida

Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm.

5 years ago

Afghan refugees arrive at Philadelphia international terminal.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Scenes from the Philly airport welcoming center for Afghan evacuees

You can help by donating to local relief organizations.

5 years ago

New Orleans Police detectives Adam Buckner, left, and Alexander Reiter, look over debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Weather

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

5 years ago

Sirhan Sirhan in a 1973 California Department of Corrections identification card
NPR
Courts & Law

Sirhan Sirhan has served 53 years for killing Robert F. Kennedy. Soon he may be free

Sirhan's sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole in 1972. On Friday, the California Board of Parole recommended parole.

5 years ago

This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, shows Tropical Storm Ida in the Caribbean Sea
Weather

Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S.

5 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

What the Supreme Court’s overturn of the CDC’s eviction moratorium means for Philly

Millions could find themselves homeless after the Supreme Court overturned a federal eviction moratorium but in Philly, some tenants will be protected.

5 years ago

Demonstrators demand action on voting rights.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fed up with inaction over voting rights, thousands are planning a march on Washington

Thousands of activists are expected to converge Saturday in Washington and other cities across the country on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

5 years ago

Housing advocates protest on the eviction moratorium in New Yor
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

The court’s decision blocks the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

A sign reading
Politics & Policy

About 89% of federal rental assistance has still not gone out

With landlords challenging a federal eviction moratorium in court, the concern is that a wave of evictions will happen before much of the assistance has been distributed.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference at the Capitol building on August 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House narrowly approves $3.5 trillion budget blueprint

Nancy Pelosi pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget framework Tuesday after an impasse with centrist Dems threatened to derail progress on President Biden's domestic agenda.

5 years ago

Then-New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the People of New York during news conference in the Blue Room at the state Capitol Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.
Politics & Policy

9 women now serving as governors in U.S., tying a record

When Hochul took over Tuesday for resigned Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she became the ninth woman currently serving as governor. That ties the previous record, first set in 2004.

5 years ago

A medic administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health

Why Pfizer’s FDA approval matters and what it means for vaccine mandates

The FDA announced the Pfizer vaccine is the first in the U.S. to be fully approved. Here's what that means for vaccine mandates and convincing those hesitant to get the shot.

5 years ago

Waves pound seawall in Montauk, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, as Tropical Storm Henri affects the Atlantic coast. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Weather

Pa. urban rescue team in New England to assist with Henri flood response

The response team, Pennsylvania Task Force One, is based in Philadelphia and is sponsored by the city’s fire department.

5 years ago

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