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What happens when wild fires reach the city? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with fire historian Steve Pyne about the ways in which the fire threat is changing.

Almost three years of war have changed how Ukrainian children play, and how they see the world.

Parts of the massive Okefenokee Swamp are a wildlife refuge. Georgia is on the cusp of permitting a titanium dioxide mine next to it, prompting the federal government to invoke federal water rights.

Major League Baseball played at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday. It is where Willie Mays, who died this week at age 93, made his professional debut in the Negro Leagues.

Scientists scanned the brains of people who took psilocybin, including a member of the research team. The scans showed how the drug disrupts key networks, potentially enhancing brain plasticity.

Actor and singer James Darren, a teen heartthrob in the 1960s, died this week at the age of 88. Tall, dark and handsome, he starred in three of the "Gidget" beach movies.

California has passed a package of bills targeting for shoplifters. It's a shift towards tough-on-crime policies for the state that reduced penalties for crimes in recent years.

Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with it.

Israel's military says its troops have killed Yahya Sinwar, an architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. His death is being seen as a possible chance to end the war he started just over a year ago.

It's less than a month until voting ends in this election, and it is going to be close. Here's what to expect from polls, politics and Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump.