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By Saturday, the National Weather Service says, the central Plains area will see temperatures in the low 60s — nearly 20-25 degrees above normal.

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens in the Northern Mariana Islands got lashed with winds of Category 5 intensity. The storm's vast scale and rapid escalation stunned meteorologists.

The scale of devastation caused by Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle and the massive scope of recovery is coming into focus just days after the storm passed through.

In a surprise policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

Authorities in Houston, Texas, have charged a second man with murder in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. The development came on the day of the girl's funeral.

And half the world's population doesn't even have access to essential health services, according to a report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

The administration acknowledges the risk of students spreading the contagion to vulnerable populations but emphasizes that school closures disrupt "critical services to children and their families."

National foes of abortion rights helped facilitate a Texas law that is now being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates for abortion rights have measured the law's effects in real time.

The B-52 Stratofortress bomber was first developed by Boeing in 1952. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Wired's Eric Adams about how an aircraft that old has such staying power.

Religious services in Belgium today are remembering the dead and injured from Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels.