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For decades, migrant laborers have left China's farms and moved to the cities. Now, China's government is trying to fight overcrowding and clear slums by forcing the migrants out.

As the Caribbean preps for Hurricane Maria, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Pastor Jeff Neevel, whose church in St. Thomas plans to provide aid and comfort to those hit by storm.

Houston remains in rescue mode as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump water on the flooded region. About 5,500 people have been brought to emergency shelters in the city, the mayor said Monday.

During Harvey, doctors, nurses, technicians and facilities staff tended to inpatients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Now the hospital is working to get outpatients back for care as well.

Health officials think two people in Miami may have contracted the virus from local mosquitoes. So they're spraying pesticide to help stop the virus from spreading into Florida's mosquito population.

If the U.S. ends temporary protected status for 300,000 Caribbean and Central American workers, there are fears it will have ripple effects — especially on post-hurricane construction.

The problems facing the mainland in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria didn't skip this remote Puerto Rican island. But tourists still come and houses continue to sell.

The fire that began earlier in the week tripled in size overnight Thursday, fueled by high winds and record-breaking temperatures. Firefighters called it a "fire tornado."

The latest action in Syria — which comes shortly after the president said he wanted to withdraw U.S. troops from the country — illustrates the competing impulses that drive his foreign policy.

A new Harvard study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from last year's hurricane is many times higher than originally believed — closer to 5,000 than the official count of 64.