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Taken just nine days apart, two images illustrate the impact a recent warm period had on the Antarctic Peninsula. NASA says such warmth "has become more common in recent years."

In southern California, the people of Ridgecrest have frayed nerves after back-to-back temblors and ongoing, sizable aftershocks. Officials have brought in counselors and therapy dogs.

California is recovering from a pair of the strongest earthquakes in two decades. Seismologists say the region can expect to continue to be hit by strong aftershocks for some time to come.

High temperatures, brawls in lines for water, closed offices and productivity drops. Climate change has made this the new summertime normal in India's over-crowded, sweltering cities.

Many customers are turning to gift cards to support small businesses. Normally, gift cards are a bad deal. But right now, that is exactly what makes them useful as a goodwill gesture.

Announcements in three more states on Sunday brought the number of Americans who are currently under — or soon to be under — orders to stay home to more than 101 million.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Michael Gold of the New York Times about Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide this morning in Manhattan.

Despite the president's criticism of the alliance, his administration has spent far more on a European defense program than did the Obama White House. U.S. troop levels in Europe have also risen.

Research from New York University found that far-right accounts known for spreading misinformation drive engagement at higher rates than other news sources.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., about her proposed bill to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.