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The potential wealth from oil development was irresistible — even as Guyana faces worsening floods. Its leaders call for aggressive global action to combat climate change.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Miss. A deadly and destructive storm surge nearly 30 feet high washed away the town. Twenty years later, it's still trying to recover.

Rescuers working to dig out and identify corpses from last year's anti-ISIS offensive in Raqqa estimate there were "thousands" of civilian casualties. The U.S.-led coalition acknowledges 104.

Women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth in Gaza face serious challenges amid daily airstrikes, continued ground fighting, high rates of disease and a growing lack of food and water.

Resident chef Kathy Gunst shares her recipes for quick, yet satisfying, make-ahead meals for busy school nights and days.

The gap between black and white homeownership rates has widened in recent decades. Baltimore is a majority black city, but research shows it has a gap of 31 percent, mirroring the national average.

The Chicago White Sox have 120 losses, tied for the most in a season — one more L, and the record would be theirs. Fans at the final home game said they wouldn't mind seeing history made.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the Biden administration's decision to delay some key natural gas exports.

The Category 1 hurricane hit Florida, then weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland. Hermine is expected to drop heavy rain in Georgia and the Carolinas before tracking out over the Atlantic.

The actor and writer who brought his signature manic energy to comedy classics died at his home in Stamford, Conn., of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 83.