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Plaquemines Parish President Hunkers Down Through Hurricane Ida With Members

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kirk Lepine, Plaquemines Parish president, about the impact of Hurricane Ida in his parish.

Migrants stand in line at a respite center in June after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves in and were released in Del Rio, Texas.

In Texas, Officials Are Reporting A Surge Of Migrants At The Southern Border This Week

Texas officials call it a "historic surge." Thousands of new arrivals, largely from Haiti, are straining an already overstretched system, and more are on the way.

A worker fills a bottle with water on a farm during a drought in Firebaugh, Calif., on July 13.

Outdoor Workers Could Face Far More Dangerous Heat By 2065 Because Of Climate Change

A new report warns that outdoor workers are at risk of lost wages and dire health consequences if greenhouse gas pollution continues. People of color are especially vulnerable to harm.

Health care workers at the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on July 2.

Texas Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To Johns Hopkins University

The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections.

"The stock market is on fire," says Greg Valliere, chief U.S. policy strategist at AGF Investments.<strong> </strong>"It has astonished veteran observers, and it may have a ways to go."

Biden Wants To Go Tough On Wall Street. The Response? The Best Rally Since FDR

The S&P 500 surged 11% in the president's first 100 days, the best performance since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933.

The World Health Organization is is "absolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against COVID-19," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said, after President Trump said he will halt funding to the agency. Here, a WHO staff member inspects a coronaviruus quarantine facility at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in March.

'As Dangerous As It Sounds': Reactions To U.S. Plan To Defund WHO During A Pandemic

Philanthropist Bill Gates and others warn against undercutting the World Health Organization during a crisis that's being compared to World War II and the Great Depression.

Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., during a protest in 2014. Advocates want the Justice Department to step up its oversight of law enforcement in the incoming administration.

Advocates Push For Resurrection Of DOJ Civil Rights Division Under Biden

Critics say President Trump constrained the Civil Rights Division from being as effective as it should. Business could look very different under the new incoming administration.

Ambulances fill the loading area at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The hospital has tried to adjust to the surge of new infections by dedicating three floors for treatment of COVID-19 patients, and creating two COVID-only intensive care units for the most seriously ill. Still, the hospital has had to deny patient-transfer requests from smaller hospitals.

Tennessee Hospitals Are Disturbingly Close To Their Breaking Point

Many U.S. hospitals are struggling to find enough space and staff to treat COVID-19 patients. The surge in new cases has forced them to rethink how they use space, manage staff, and handle treatment.

College Towns Welcome Students Back But Worry COVID-19 Tags Along

College towns depend on business from the students that attend the school. In places like Ann Arbor, Mich., residents are nervous about returning students bringing the coronavirus with them.

A nurse conducts a coronavirus test at a mega drive-through site in July at El Paso Community College's Valle Verde campus in El Paso, Texas.

Amid COVID-19 Upswing, El Paso, Texas, Doctor Says ICU Is 'Surreal' And 'Strange'

Dr. Ogechika Alozie, chief medical officer of the Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, talks about how the Texas city is handling the surge in COVID-19 cases.

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