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The Camp Fire started on Nov. 8 near the city of Paradise and rapidly overwhelmed the area. The city is still closed off to the public, and nearly 500 people remain missing in the region. (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
NPR
Community

As California wildfire winds down, rain and winds create new fears

8 years ago

Casey Grogan walks through some recently cut noble fir Christmas trees at his farm near Silverton, Ore. This year he plans to harvest 60,000 trees off his property. (Anna King/Northwest News Network)
NPR
Money

Real and fake Christmas tree sellers fight for American hearts and minds

This Christmas shopping season, a marketing war for families' hearts is escalating between the real and artificial tree industries.

8 years ago

A member of the staff walks through Luke, one of the restaurants still owned by John Besh, on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. (Emily Kask for NPR)
NPR
Community

Work after #MeToo: A restaurant company tries to change its culture

8 years ago

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker gestures after speaking at the Dept. of Justice's Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Courts & Law

Democratic senators sue over Whitaker’s appointment as AG

Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitution ...

8 years ago

Door hangers are stacked after a rally with Jacky Rosen, a Democrat who later won her Senate race, at the Culinary Workers Union Hall Local 226 on Nov. 5 in Las Vegas. Organizations like the Culinary Workers Union made a big push to engage Latinos in 2018 (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Big Latino turnout in midterms raises stakes for 2020

This year's midterm results in Nevada, Arizona and other states suggest that Latino turnout is up dramatically which could reshape the electoral landscape for 2020.

8 years ago

Members of the migrant caravan walk to make requests for political asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border last week in Tijuana, Mexico (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration faces 2 legal challenges for asylum restrictions

President Trump's effort to limit the number of people seeking asylum in the United States will face legal challenges in two different federal courts on Monday.

8 years ago

A firefighter searches a trailer park destroyed in the Camp Fire on Friday Paradise, Calif. (John Locher/AP)
NPR
Health

California offers safe space for firefighters to work through stress and trauma

Fighting fires has been compared to the military in another way — the stress that soldiers go through.

8 years ago

School shootings have led to a boon to the business of security technology.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
NPR
Education

Inside the business of school security to stop active shooters

School shootings have taken a terrible human toll. They have also been a boon to the business of security technology.

8 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Feb. 19 about whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross can be deposed for the lawsuits over the citizenship question he added to the 2020 census. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to weigh in on dispute over census citizenship question evidence

A hearing over these issues is scheduled to be held on Feb. 19.

8 years ago

Fire investigators search the debris at a home where an explosion occurred following a gas line failure in September in Lawrence, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP)
NPR
Community

Federal investigators pinpoint what caused string of gas explosions in Mass.

At least five homes were destroyed and a person was killed. More than 20 others were injured.

8 years ago

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a woman has passed the initial Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, placing her on the path to become the first female Green Beret. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Woman qualifies for Special Forces training, could be the first female Green Beret

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a female soldier is one step closer to becoming a member of the Green Berets.

8 years ago

One analysis has found that joining the nation’s separate power grids could have significant benefits. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf joins governors calling for unified, national power grid

A bipartisan group of governors, including Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, is calling on federal regulators to look at unifying the nation’s power grids.

8 years ago

President Trump answers a reporter's question about the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller during a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office Friday. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’s completed written answers for Mueller, but not turned them in

8 years ago

An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. Fueled by high winds and low humidity, the wildfire ripped through the town, charring more than 140,000 acres and killing more than 60 people.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

More than 600 people now missing in California’s deadliest fire

No official cause for the fire has been identified; the blaze is currently 45 percent contained.

8 years ago

The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Community

Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California

At least 56 people were killed, with 130 others missing.

8 years ago

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