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A new study says the current climate crisis is a "severe threat" to the safety of younger generations, who will experience far more extreme climate events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods.

The bright phenomenon was videoed above the coast of North Carolina on Friday night. Sightings were also reported in South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Energy prices are going up — for things like coal, natural gas and crude oil. On Tuesday, global crude oil prices topped $80 a barrel for the first time in nearly three years.

Filmmakers Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra are both winners of MacArthur Genius grants this year. The married couple do separate but related work dealing with immigration and migrant labor.

The NEA Jazz Master died Tuesday from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79.

With vaccinations on the rise, ski resorts are hoping for much more normal operations this winter. But they're having to get creative to find workers.

Northern California has seen dramatic increases in wildfire smoke in recent years. An investigation from the California Newsroom collaborative shows it is affecting rural schools in particular.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to veteran diplomat Richard Haass, who argues Biden's foreign policy doesn't differ that much from Trump's or Obama's. Haass calls it "the post-post-Cold War era."

NPR's A Martinez talks to Sarah Ash Combs, an attending physician at Children's National Hospital in D.C., about what's at stake with Pfizer submitting its COVID-19 vaccine data for kids ages 5-11.

This week in 1971, Disney World opened to visitors. Walt Disney secretly acquired 40 square miles of land and unveiled his plans that would reshape the theme park industry and central Florida.