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Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Australian twins and popular YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou about their new movie, a horror film called "Bring Her Back."

The band, Mt. Joy, has been on a long road but they've had a lot of fun along the way. Musician Matt Quinn speaks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the growing up years and trading a guitar for law school.

The nation's main mental health agency is being dissolved, and folded into a new federal health agency. Some lawmakers and health care providers are concerned about the impacts.

Celebrated Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte played at Madison Square Garden last week. It was their first show there, and their fans, many of them among immigrant communities, showed up to celebrate.

This week in the trial of Sean Combs, a former employee testified that he held her against her will, threatened her and eventually blacklisted her so she could not get another job in the music industry. The details were shocking, but reminded Rodney Carmichael of the image that Combs cultivated in the media, reality shows and movies during the early 2000s -- an uncompromising, unreasonable boss whose employees had to bend to his whims.

's smoking ban will be their largest clamp down on tobacco use, as the nation hopes to achieve a smoke-free generation by 2032.

The latest flurry of activity between Israel and Hamas over a possible ceasefire is still far from a done deal. Meanwhile, not enough aid is getting in to Gaza as a murky plan by U.S. contractors continues its chaotic rollout.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Clive Jerram of Rockville, Md., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

We look at the latest on President Trump's economic policy: Tariffs, deals, and of course, the massive spending bill which is now before the Senate.

The GOP tax and spending bill would eliminate federal tax credits for solar and other clean energy. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Doug Lewin, host of the Energy Capital Podcast, about the impact.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yrsa Daley-Ward about her novel, "The Catch." It follows twin sisters who discover their long dead mother might be ... alive.

Nearly three months after their deportation, dozens of Venezuelan migrants are still locked inside a Salvadoran supermax—accused of gang ties, but cut off from their families and lawyers - and their loved ones are demanding answers.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks trade and commerce attorney Jonathan Todd what he expects to hear at a 3-day gathering of supply chain professionals in Orlando, Fla. starting today.

Elaine Wirth always loved sports cars, but at age 76 thought she'd never get to ride in a Mustang convertible. Her assisted living home made that dream come true.

President Trump pardoned a corrupt, former Virginia sheriff last week, saying he was a victim of the Biden istration. But as NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, many of the sheriff's constituents oppose the pardon.

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response.

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

Joe Jonas' latest album is "Music for People Who Believe in Love." Jonas tell's NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that the songs span his journey to recover from heartbreak.

There's an ancient tradition in Hawaii that involves riding a narrow, wooden sled down a mountain track. Some practitioners are reviving it.