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Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the Federated States of Micronesia's President Wesley Simina {sim-min-AH} about delayed aid money from Congress, under a decades-old agreement with the Pacific islands.

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.

Sometimes, weather is just weather. And other times human-caused climate change had an obvious impact.

In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.

Responders are working to recover the victims of Wednesday night's midair collision over Washington, D.C. It could be the deadliest crash to occur in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years.

The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island's coral habitat and an underwater tourist attraction.

Policymakers at the Federal Reserve voted on Wednesday to hold interest rates steady for now, while they wait to see how President Trump's trade war plays out in the U.S. economy.

Unusually high winds and dry conditions are driving the Palisades Fire in Southern California. More than 30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders.

Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer.