NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Greg Waller, a hydrologist at the West Gulf River Forecast Center of the National Weather Service, about the conditions that factored into the deadly flooding in Texas.

The Dalai Lama turns 90 on Sunday and celebrates his birthday amid reaction to his recent announcement that he, not China, will choose his successor.

At least 78 people are dead following flooding that slammed central Texas over the weekend, while a desperate search for 11 missing from a camp for girls continues.

First time novelist, Aisling Rawle, has just published "The Compound" - a book set in a semi-dystopian reality TV show.

The number of people dead rose Saturday after the "catastrophic" flooding from Friday Morning along the Guadalupe River in central Texas. Houston Public Radio's Dominic Anthony Walsh reports from the ...

Search and rescue efforts continue in Central Texas where, since Friday, flash flooding has left at least 78 people dead. Survivors of the disaster say the dramatic rise of the Guadalupe River came as ...

The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating.

President Trump is signing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to implement his policy agenda on Independence Day, as he was hoping for.

It’s the start of a holiday weekend. What you want to do most is kick back, relax, see some friends, and enjoy summer. But you don’t want to cook and invite people over because it all totally stresses ...

Click here for the original audio. Cynthia Pong, founder and CEO of Embrace Change, a career coaching firm that focuses on working with women of color, joins us to discuss how to overcome the stress ...

Here & Now ‘s Scott Tong speaks to Ed Stierli, the mid-atlantic senior regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association, which includes Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, about the ...

Animated film “Ne Zha 2” just ended a record theatrical release in China, grossing more than $2 billion. That makes it the biggest-ever box office for an animated movie. The Chinese animation industry ...