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It's Thursday, August 4. Today we have stories about a fire raging in northwestern Montana, a nursing home closure and more.

The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit and wandering around the rooms — which are empty after being looted.

The scarcity is preventing many young people from becoming homeowners.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans have moved to the U.S. mainland after Hurricane Maria. On Saturday, Hartford, Conn., welcomed some of its newcomers with a Puerto Rican Christmas tradition: a parranda.

The Thomas Fire is on its way to being the largest in the state's history. Fourteen days in, the flames continue to burn in bone-dry, windy conditions.

Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya, who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after a dispute with her coaches, has now been offered refuge in Poland.

Bobby Ellerbee left his studies to host a radio show, voice a beloved cartoon character, even party with Etta James. Lately, though, he returned to do the one thing he hadn't done yet: graduate.

A day after Homeland Security Investigations officials descended on Sean Combs' Miami and Los Angeles residences, his lawyers are calling it an "unprecedented ambush."

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Democratic Assemblymember Ron Kim about a legislative push for nursing home reform and the political headwinds from within his own party.

Cervical cancer is preventable, but kills thousands each year — in part because women aren't regularly screened for it. A new test allows people to test themselves at home and mail in the results.