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Hospitality workers wait in line to apply for unemployment benefits at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP …

Several people are missing or unaccounted for after severe flash flooding in the Grand Canyon on Saturday caused significant damage.

The Central Arizona Project canal winds through Phoenix on March 26, 2026. The 336-mile canal system pumps water from the Colorado River to the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Water supplies …

NASA launched a telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose work helped make Hubble and generations of space telescopes possible.

ICE made nearly 50,000 arrests in July — the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term — as enforcement expands to more places like airports, courthouses and immigration check-ins. Transcript …

As threats of deportation loom, some Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are hiding in their homes, too afraid to visit their churches.

The FAA’s response to a deadly crash is opening a larger debate about staffing, safety and a workplace practice controllers call the “early shove.” Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: Federal aviation …

School districts across the country are closing campuses as enrollment falls. New research says the financial savings may be smaller than expected.

People have been avoiding lettuce this summer. NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel, who says we really should just skip the lettuce, permanently. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, …

Maine’s lobster fishing industry is closely integrated with processors across the border in Canada. People who depend on it are feeling whiplash from on-again, off-again tariff threats.