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Non-profit adult education provider La Casa Hogar shifted operations online and canceled its 25th anniversary celebrations, scheduled in May, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, staff are working to ensure the immigrant community they serve is informed.

Central Washington Non-Profits Adjust To Provide Critical Coronavirus Information In Spanish

News and information on the COVID-19 pandemic released by state and local governments is primarily in English. And though health districts and emergency...

Town worker Steve Crowley washes and disinfects the public restroom at Mayflower Beach, in Dennis, Mass., last week. As stay-at-home restrictions are lifting, many people are concerned about using public restrooms.

Fear Of Public Restrooms Prompts Creative Solutions As Some Businesses Reopen

Some people are afraid to use potentially germ-filled public restrooms as stay-at-home restrictions begin lifting. That's boosting sales of products that offer creative alternatives.

Haitian Activist Brings Awareness To Spate Of Violence Rattling Country

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jimmy Jean-Louis, a Haitian activist and actor who has been calling attention to the recent surge of violence and kidnappings in his country.

Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell gives the state's rebuttal Monday during closing arguments to the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Jurors Have The Case In Chauvin Trial; Prosecutors Ended With Call For Common Sense

Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell said what happened to George Floyd last May was "so simple that a child could understand it." Blackwell quoted a 9-year-old witness who said, "Get off of him."

Two hurricanes destroyed bridges, roads, schools, health clinics and homes. Here is the aftermath in Protección in Honduras' Santa Barbara department on Dec. 11.

Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras

Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors.

Firefighters work a fast-moving fire Sept. 7, 2020, that started in Spokane County and moved to Whitman County, destroying much of the town of Malden.

Washington Public Lands Head Seeks Big Funding Bill To Combat Increasingly Bigger Fire Seasons

To keep Washington from facing another devastating fire season, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is asking the state legislature to create a...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a ceremony commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Sept. attacks in Shanksville, Pa., on Friday.

'America Will Always Rise Up': Trump, Biden Commemorate Sept. 11 Attacks

While President Trump spoke in Shanksville, Pa., Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden bumped elbows with Vice President Pence in New York. Biden is traveling to Shanksville later in the day.

Stacey Abrams discusses running again for Ga. governor and her new children's book

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Stacey Abrams about her second bid to be Georgia's governor, and the lessons about drawing strength from failure in her new children's book: Stacey's Extraordinary Words.

British Columbia is looking at how it can adapt to prepare for more climate disasters

British Columbia was devastated by natural disasters this year attributed to climate change. The Canadian province is evaluating how to prepare for the next disasters.

Denis Metrevelyi, 36, holds one of the projectiles that was fired through the window of his apartment in Bucha, a town on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Metrevelyi, 36, has returned to the apartment building despite its destroyed roof and lack of running water.

Some war-ravaged parts of Ukraine try to rebuild as fighting rages elsewhere

Since the war has mainly shifted to the east of Ukraine, residents and business owners have been returning to parts of the Kyiv region, including hard-hit Bucha.

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