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Satellite Signals From Missing Plane Raise Questions

Conflicting information raises even more questions about the fate of the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.

Airbus Wants To Fly 2 Planes In Extra-Close Formation, Like Geese, To Save Energy

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor about Airbus' "demonstration project" that it hopes will save energy, by flying two planes in close formation, like migrating geese.

"Two back to back powerful storms will produce widespread heavy snow" in parts of the western and central U.S., the National Weather Service says.

'Bomb Cyclone' Winter Storm Will Hit U.S. As Thanksgiving Nears, Forecasters Warn

Hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall and a "bomb cyclone" on the West Coast: Those are the dire predictions of weather forecasters.

Reporter For German Magazine Falsified Articles, Including One About Trump Supporters

When a now-resigned reporter for Der Spiegel wrote an article about Trump supporters in Fergus Falls, residents found many inaccuracies. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with a resident of the Minnesota town.

In this photo from March, a North Atlantic right whale feeds off the coast of Massachusetts. A new North Atlantic right whale calf was just spotted — and it's the first calf sighting in over a year.

Endangered Species Observers Have Spotted The First Right Whale Calf Of The Season

The sighting is a glimmer of hope for a species that has seen a hard few years: 19 right whales died in 2017 and 2018, and not a single North American right whale calf was seen last season.

Florence Now a Category 4 Hurricane, Headed for Carolinas

Florence rapidly intensified into a "potentially catastrophic" Category 4 storm Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center said in a special...

A surfer leaves the beach at Honoli'i Beach Park in Hilo, Hawaii, walking through the remains of trees that were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Lane. Now a tropical storm, Lane brought heavy rains to Hawaii before it weakened.

Hawaii Takes A New Spot In U.S. Rainfall Records, After Hurricane Lane Drenches State

On the Big Island, Mountain View recorded 51.53 inches of rain from Wednesday to Sunday — the third-highest total ever measured from a U.S. storm.

Hurricane Willa has made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Isla del Bosque in Sinaloa.

Hurricane Willa, A 'Life-Threatening' Category 3, Makes Landfall In Western Mexico

The storm brings deadly storm surge, wind and rainfall to west-central and southwestern Mexico, forecasters say.

Clouds from Tropical Storm Barry spin over downtown New Orleans on Saturday. The storm has been fueled by climate change, which is also exacerbating potential flooding.

Climate Change Fuels Wetter Storms — Storms Like Barry

The water in the Gulf of Mexico is hot and the Mississippi River is high. That could spell disaster for Louisiana.

#NPRPoetry: Alberto Rios On The Power Of 'Or'

It's National Poetry Month, and for our series #NPRPoetry, NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with poet Alberto Rios, who combed Twitter for his favorite original poems.

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