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Many Lyft and Uber drivers have given up on driving, because they aren't making enough money to take the risk of potentially exposing themselves to the coronavirus. Jerome Gage is still at it.

Older adults struggle with loneliness. Teens and kids are facing new levels of poor mental health. Organizations are connecting these two groups -- and both elders and young people are benefiting.

In the resort town of Palm Springs, temperatures over the weekend are approaching 120. With only 25 shelter beds, the city is struggling to protect its unhoused residents from the heat.

Rob Burnett started working with David Letterman as an intern in 1985. He talks with Terry Gross about the absurd and somber moments of his three-decade tenure with the Late Show.

Three months after the war between Israel and Hamas ended, reconstruction has barely started. Many people still live in half-bombed houses. But there are a few bright spots and a bit of innovation.

Massachusetts could join the states who allow undocumented people to get driver's licenses. Residents will vote on this issue on election day.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Ann Beattie about her latest book Onlookers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kenn Crossley, Syria country director for the UN World Food Programme, about the process of getting aid to people in need after the earthquake earlier in February.

Photographer Robin Hammond has started "Where Love Is Illegal," an online haven for LGBT people to share stories of hope amid persecution.

California's massive and bankrupt utility — PG&E — is rolling out a plan to "de-energize" parts of the grid on high wind days to avoid sparking wildfires.