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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with state Sen. Melissa Hurtado of the California Legislature about her district's struggle with widespread drought and water shortages.

Hopes of rescuing more people from the collapsed building in Surfside, Fla., are fading.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Erik Frederick, Chief Administrative Officer of Mercy Hospital Springfield, about the surge of COVID-19 patients in southwest Missouri, one of the worst U.S. hot spots.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Palestinian reporter Jalal Abukhater about the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes and businesses in an East Jerusalem neighborhood.

The American jobs market is hot at more and more people spend money and venture out for good and services.

The Harlem Cultural Festival was filled with stars from soul, R&B, blues and jazz and drew more than 300,000 people. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.

Holiday Crunch

The hopeful message of the moment is that in various ways we are finding our way — maybe even approaching the normal that we never imagined we could miss so much.

To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. Meanwhile, some 911 calls go unanswered.

Sparkly pyrotechnics launched across the country, a year after the pandemic largely muted Independence Day festivities.