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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Xay Khamsyvoravong, the Democratic mayor of Newport, about issues facing his city this election year. He's in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

Prehistoric animals roam the Massachusetts coastline. And this time of year they’re storming the beaches for their annual spawning season. Here's a closer look at how horseshoe crabs reproduce, and what officials are doing to protect them.

As Canadian wildfires spread smoke across the U.S. the air pollution is dangerous to health. But there are ways to protect yourself. Here's what to know.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference about the recent mass shootings around the country.

The Tour de France is cycling's most famous race. But riders are struggling more than ever to manage themselves increasingly intense heat conditions. Here are some of their most innovative strategies

States aren’t technically members of ISO-New England, the regional grid operator. So leaving would mean instructing utilities and other organizations that own transmission lines to withdraw from the organization themselves.

The Green Mountain National Forest issued its final decision on the Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Management Project this week.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation infrastructure.

NPR's Michel Martin talks Peter DeCarlo at Johns Hopkins University about the haze and air quality alerts throughout the U.S. that are generated by hundreds of wildfires in Canada.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Adm. James Stavridis. He led the NATO Alliance in global operations (2009-2013) and is the former dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.