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Wildland firefighters face a growing danger from smoke, as wildfires become more frequent and intense. It's a hazard that scientists and fire agencies are only beginning to understand.

Rachel Martin talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald about protesters in Haiti calling for the president's resignation after he was implicated in a scandal involving corruption allegations.

An instrument on NASA's Mars InSight mission that was supposed to be driven into the planet's soil is stuck. It's designed to measure Mars's internal temperature.

Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening.

NPR's Noel King talks to John Feeley, who retired as ambassador to Panama last year, about how President Trump's proposed changes to asylum laws might impact migrants.

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Doug Collins about the House passed resolution that empowers a committee to go to court to enforce subpoenas as it investigates Trump. NPR's Tamara Keith weighs in.

The White House tells NPR it is willing to talk with MLB about letting Cuban players play in the U.S. without defecting, but the administration wants the league's help with the crisis in Venezuela.

The wife of Israel's prime minister will pay the money as part of a plea deal. She was accused of ordering meals from fancy restaurants on the public's dime for years even though she had a cook.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing changes to a landmark environmental law that would allow it to fast-track some forest management projects, including logging and prescribed burning.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff about Wednesday's hearing focused on clarifying the status of the probe into Russian election meddling.