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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with retired Fire Capt. Jim Mackensen, a Butte County public information officer, about how the rains hitting Northern California will affect containment and recovery efforts.

Dozens of disaster workers from across the country are coming to Paradise, Calif., to help search for the missing in the aftermath of a wildfire that devastated the town.

Goldman had a successful literary career before he turned to Hollywood, where he made an indelible mark — as the writer of beloved movies as well as a bestselling guide to screenwriting.

The state's previous social studies standards listed three causes for the Civil War: sectionalism, states' rights and slavery, in that order.

From the fires in California to new revelations about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, we discuss the political responses of President Trump.

Close to 1,500 inmates have been sent to battle the wildfires in Northern California. They are paid less than minimum wage, and some critics have decried the state program slave labor.

The movement in Puerto Rico is growing. It's taken on greater urgency after Hurricane Maria, as the island prepares for the arrival of tens of billions in federal recovery grants.

More than 80 percent of federal lands in the Santa Monica Mountains burned in the Woolsey Fire. National Park Service biologists are looking at what was lost and determining what may come back.

Prime Minister Theresa May insists her EU withdrawal agreement will be ratified in Brussels. The public is watching the political turmoil over Brexit with a mixture of horror, anger and resignation.

The official entry for Best Foreign Language film from Mexico is Roma, director Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white reimagining of his middle class childhood home in Mexico City.