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A wildfire destroyed historic cabins in the Angeles National Forest in September. For some families, these homes were their ties to the past.

The event, known as the Great Conjunction, will be visible with the average home telescope, says Dean Regas, head astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory.

Texas recently surpassed a million confirmed coronavirus cases — the most in the United States. Nowhere is the surge more acute than in El Paso, which is being hammered by soaring cases and deaths.

Families of athletes normally make a pilgrimage to see the Olympics, but this year is different: The trip is more costly than previous games and, for many, more nerve-wracking.

A Japanese café sells plants and green-tea pie. An Italian restaurant caters a prime-rib dinner. A steak-and-fries chain delivers free meals for the elderly. "Fight or flight," one manager says.

Revenue from Montana’s trust lands, which support public K through 12 schools, public buildings and the Montana Veterans Home, is taking a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.

"If it's not me, who's it going to be?" asks Colorado school cafeteria manager Kathy Del Tonto. After serving processed foods in her cafeterias for years, she realized that reducing childhood obesity can begin with her. She now has the lunch ladies making 95 percent of meals from scratch.

When the pandemic hit, mental health professionals predicted lockdowns and social distancing would result in a wave of loneliness. But researchers who study loneliness say that hasn't happened.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells NPR that the military "will obey the lawful orders of civilian control of the military."

Two suicide bombers set off explosions within minutes of each other Thursday in southern Beirut — home to Hezbullah which is fighting ISIS in Syria. Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Nour Samaha.