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Brian Allen assembles a shell stack, or ''spat collector,'' on the porch of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund headquarters on Bainbridge Island. He's been monitoring the Olympia oyster since the early 2000s.

In Puget Sound, Water Quality Is Measured In A Salty, Smoky Package

Ecologists and volunteers are busy in Bainbridge making “shell posts:” Oyster shells with holes drilled in them, stacked on each other on a wooden dowel...

Developers have been eyeing Seattle's Little Saigon district.

A Restaurant Owner Braces Himself To Keep Seattle's Little Saigon Vietnamese

The Seattle City Council has decided developers can build taller in pockets around the city. One that’s yet to be decided is a Vietnamese business...

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, shown in 1989, oversaw the reunification of his country after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Helmut Kohl, Architect Of Germany's Reunification, Dies At 87

The longtime German chancellor, who led West Germany and later a unified country, died Friday. Kohl helmed two vast integration projects: Germany's reunification and efforts to forge a European Union.

Disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development came to New York City communities like the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy.

Disaster Agency To Weather Hurricane Season With No Leader, Proposed Cuts

As hurricane season begins, there are concerns that FEMA, the federal agency in charge of dealing with disasters, may be less prepared than usual and hampered by proposed budget cuts.

Wildlife Research Institute biologists Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield use an antenna while trying to locate a radio-collared bear in the woods near Ely, Minn. in 2012.

Invisibilia: Should Wild Bears Be Feared Or Befriended?

A photographer who walks deep into the woods in search of a wild bear wonders if his curiosity will overcome his fear. Can bears and humans co-exist?

Fetuses in the third trimester responded more often to patterns that resembled faces than to patterns that did not.

Fetuses Respond To Face-Like Patterns, Study Suggests

Fetuses in the third trimester responded more often to patterns that resembled faces than patterns that did not. The findings don't mean fetuses can recognize their parents' faces before they're born.

Then-national security adviser Michael Flynn (left) and Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and the president's son-in-law, in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 13.

Report: Kushner Discussed Setting Up Secret Communications With Russia

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak told the Kremlin that Jared Kushner had discussed setting up a secret means of communicating directly, using Russian facilities, according to the Washington Post.

Rep. Frank Pallone still hasn't been given a chance to see the Republicans' bill that would replace the ACA. "I think they're afraid," the Democrat from New Jersey said of his Republican colleagues. "I think they're afraid that it will show that it really doesn't cover most of the people that receive coverage under the Affordable Care Act."

One Democrat's Hunt For The Hidden Obamacare Replacement Bill

Republicans in Congress were invited Thursday to view a draft of the House bill aimed at repealing and replacing Obamacare. But Democrats who wanted a look came up empty in a game of "find the bill."

POLL: More People Are Taking Opioids, Even As Their Concerns Rise

The number of people who have used opioid painkillers is still rising, according to a new NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll. But they're also worried about addiction, overdose and side effects.

Senate Considers Trump's Choice For National Intelligence Director

If confirmed, former Sen. Dan Coats will assume the post at a moment when the president has openly clashed with the spy agencies that now report to him.

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