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As researchers and engineers analyze the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, it's becoming clear that Houston's runaway development had a big role to play in flooding.

In Shanxi Province, coal is big business and a source of identity. Now China is closing and consolidating its coal mines under state ownership, and the region has not figured out how to rebound.

Magazine art director Cipe Pineles helped pave the way for creative women in publishing. She also illustrated her mother's Eastern European recipes, but for 70 years the manuscript lay undiscovered.

Lawmakers have been looking at how training and reporting is handled on Capitol Hill. The move is in response to a recent wave of sexual harassment scandals and allegations.

As more details emerge about the Republican tax bill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with NPR's Robert Siegel about the impending legislation and the GOP's tax plan.

Comedian Louis C.K. built his career lambasting men and male hypocrisy. Now, he's being accused of sexual misconduct by several women, in incidents that happened over ten years ago. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with New York Times reporter Cara Buckley who worked on the story.

In a speech that sounded at times like an airing of economic grievances, the president told APEC member nations that the U.S. will no longer tolerate unfair trade practices.

A Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama has been accused of sexual misconduct. GOP leaders in Washington have said that if there's any truth to the allegations, Roy Moore should step down.

The Boise couple needed a bigger chicken coop so they went all out and built them a spaceship. It's silver with windows and flashing lights. The chickens seem to dig it.

Also: The Texas church where a mass shooting occurred last Sunday will be demolished; Puerto Rico loses most of its power again; and pigeon racing is popular in Cuba.