Hundreds of paddlers from around the world gather in Hawaii to compete in the Na Wahine O Ke Kai, a grueling 41-mile women’s outrigger canoe race across the treacherous Ka’iwi Channel.

With one month until Election Day and early voting underway, here's what NPR voting correspondent Miles Parks is focusing on.

Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee will take a long time to recover from Hurricane Helene, but efforts are underway to bring relief to remote areas.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Antonia Sebastian, professor of environmental science at UNC Chapel Hill, about the flood risk facing inland communities as hurricanes become more intense.

In Sudan, a year and a half of devastating conflict has destroyed much of the capital and brought most of the country to the brink of famine.

African farmers aren't as productive because of changing rainfall patterns. Now, an NGO and the Kenyan government are pulling together geographically precise weather data and texting it to farmers.

For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions.

Alex Quilici of the call-blocking service YouMail told us there may be a billion — yes, billion with a “B” — political text ...

A political update from Erie, Pa., which has been pivotal to and a bellwether of presidential election outcomes.

People in Lebanon are fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the south but Israel has now conducted strikes in the north as well.

In flood-ravaged Tennessee, language and other barriers have left some Latino workers feeling isolated. The larger Latino community is reaching out with food and support.

A political update from Erie, Pa., which has been pivotal to and a bellwether of presidential election outcomes.