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Puerto Rico's power grid does not have a good record when it comes to weathering powerful storms. Many on the island would like to develop a more decentralized grid powered mostly by the sun.

Spotted Lanternflies are an invasive species of bug now in 14 states. NPR's Life Kit has tips on how you can help stop their spread.

Auto workers are three days into a strike at the Big Three American automakers. Talks are ongoing, but not a lot of progress has been reported yet. The automakers have announced layoffs in response.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's directing the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's Deirdre Walsh and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike.

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals what Earth's sun could have looked like in its infancy.

The British entertainer denies the allegations, put forward in a join investigation by the the U.K.'s Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4.

But that never stops NPR's Scott Simon, especially on International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.