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NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mayita Meléndez, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, about the recovery efforts in her region after this week's 6.4 magnitude earthquake.

Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.

In the Senate, unified Republican opposition and Democratic infighting stalled President Biden's pandemic aid package.

U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. Stiff competition for workers is pushing up wages, which has inflation watchdogs concerned.

A controversial women's final at Wimbledon, plus the WNBA All-Stars Game in Chicago.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that federal authorities may prosecute people who use marijuana on doctor's orders. In a 6-to-3 decision, the court found that federal laws prohibiting marijuana use trump state laws that legalize the drug's medical use.

The South African city of Cape Town is running out of water. On Day Zero — April 16 — the taps will get turned off. As that day approaches, residents are thirsty for answers.

Though Congress likely won't pass President Biden's most ambitious gun control proposals, some legislation might still be possible. Also, a second former Trump adviser is indicted.

The U.S. and NATO are supplying Ukraine with increasingly powerful and sophisticated weapons. Will the West sustain this level of military support as the war grinds on?

In the Michigan GOP primary for governor, five candidates were disqualified for allegedly collecting fraudulent signatures. Another was arrested on Jan 6. charges. Now, the race is all about abortion.