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Canada is having its second worst wildfire season yet. Two scientists explain what a red air alert means and how anyone living in impacted areas can protect themselves.

Pete Docter and Kemp Powers say Soul is meant to challenge conventional notions of success and failure. Halfway Home author Reuben Jonathan Miller writes about the obstacles ex-offenders face.

Hart reflects on the controversial jokes from his past that led him to step down from hosting the Oscars. Stiller's Showtime series Escape At Dannemora is based upon a real-life prison break.

Air Force officials say the service simply lacks the resources it needs to face all the jobs it is called upon to perform. The Air Force is proposing a 25 percent increase in the number of squadrons.

President Trump has reached an "informal agreement" with Boeing to buy two new 747s to serve as Air Force One. The company says he got a bargain, but one independent analyst is skeptical.

Senator Maria Cantwell questioned the acting head of the U.S. Forest Service, Vicki Christiansen, this week. Among the senator's top concerns: there may...

A national heat wave has Americans dripping in sweat from San Diego to Boston and the strain on the electrical grid is causing power outages. Record amounts of electricity are being used today, and air quality in some regions is reaching unhealthy levels.

At least four emergency air packs issued at the Sago Mine failed to function, says West Virginia coal miner Randal McCloy. The lone survivor of the Jan. 2 disaster, in which 12 miners died, detailed the failures in a letter to the families of those who died after an explosion trapped them underground.

The federal government announces plans to hire more than 12,000 air traffic controllers in the next decade to offset a huge number of expected retirements by experienced staff. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said training of the new controllers would be sped up with the use of simulators. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Tapes released by the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks give voice to the confusion that reigned that day in America's air-defense response. The panel says the Pentagon fumbled its chance to intercept at least one of the hijacked planes, and jetfighters did not receive orders to shoot down the airliners in time. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.