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Floods in Ellicott City, Maryland, pushed cars into a pile last May. This year has been a year of record rainfall for cities throughout the mid-Atlantic and Carolinas.

2018 Is Now The Wettest Year On Record For Washington And Other Cities

So far this year, 61.34 inches of rain have fallen in Washington, breaking a 129-year-old record.

This year's Broadway-adapted movie<em> In the Heights</em>, starring actor Anthony Ramos — pictured alongside actress Jasmine Cephas Jones — is a rare exception to Hollywood's pattern of excluding Latino narratives.

Hispanics And Latinos Are The Biggest Moviegoers. The Big Screen Doesn't Reflect That

Nearly 20% of Americans are Latino or Hispanic and they buy more movie tickets per capita. But a new report says just 7% of all lead characters in 2019's top-grossing films were Hispanic or Latino.

President Trump speaks as he points to China on a chart showing death rates per 100,000 inhabitants during a coronavirus task force briefing on April 18. Belgium surged to the top of the chart because authorities are including all deaths that are even suspected of being caused by the virus, whether the deceased was tested or not.

Why Belgium's Death Rate Is So High: It Counts Lots Of Suspected COVID-19 Cases

The European country of under 12 million people surged to the top of the chart as authorities tally not only fatalities that are confirmed as virus-related but also many suspected of being linked.

President Biden delivers remarks on the economy and lowering prices at the White House on Tuesday.

Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise

Americans' most pressing economic concern is inflation, and it's contributing to a decline in how they view President Biden. His approval is down to 42%, the survey's lowest since Biden took office.

The pop charts this week are influenced by the Grammys

The Grammy Awards show is influencing people's listening habits this week.

<em>LA Times</em> Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine (right) listens to Lawrence O'Donnell at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April 2019.

Rancor Erupts In 'LA Times' Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage

Staffers at the Los Angeles Times say editors have failed to fulfill promises of racial equity at the paper including in hiring, pay and the coverage it offers readers.

Hollywood Offers New Batch Of Likely Awards Contenders For Fall

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello has a selective preview of likely blockbusters and awards contenders that Hollywood has in store for the fall.

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data?

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money reports on what happened in Greece.

Author Kelly Oxford attends a brunch in Hollywood in September. Oxford invited women to share stories of assault on Twitter; she says she received more than 1 million responses.

One Tweet Unleashes A Torrent Of Stories Of Sexual Assault

Donald Trump talked about grabbing women's genitals. On Twitter, tens of thousands of women have told stories from the other side of sexual assault, sharing their stories with the hashtag #NotOkay.

Blizzard warnings have been issued for the Rockies and Plains areas, where a second bomb cyclone is predicted. Here, a man uses a bulldozer to clear snow in Limon, Colo., that was left by a bomb cyclone that swept across much of the state last month.

A 2nd Bomb Cyclone: Colorado Predicted To Go From 80 Degrees To A Blizzard

A "potentially historic spring blizzard" will hit this week, according to the National Weather Service office in Aberdeen, S.D.

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