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Efforts to combat Philadelphia's opioid crisis with a supervised injection site could be stymied by a portion of federal law meant to protect neighborhoods during the crack epidemic of the 1980s.

California is paying to train a huge contingent of contact tracers by July. Many of the new recruits are librarians: they're curious, tech savvy, and great at talking to strangers.

Hong Kong has avoided large-scale outbreaks. But that containment has come at a significant cost to the city.

Scientists predict China will see the largest COVID surge of the pandemic this winter, with hundreds of millions of people infected. But some experts say that it could have been even worse.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jamie McGoldrick, the former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, about what he's seen unfold in Gaza since Oct. 7.

Climate change is causing hurricanes to get more powerful and dangerous. Scientists weigh in on what that means for forecasts, emergency officials and you.

Thursday signaled two water-related gatherings in Milwaukee. One was strictly business, the other oozed community.Marquette University hosted the…

Research shows that rural communities have an increasing resentment towards urban areas who seemingly have greater resources, respect, and political power. This urban-rural divide reflects how people make their choices in the voting booth, and "The Politics of Resentment " author Kathy Cramer joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to explain how this was reflected in Wisconsin.

Growing up in Aledo, Ill., Price longed to live somewhere "more romantic." When she moved away, her outlook changed: "Now, when I go back, I see the beauty in it." Originally broadcast Nov. 22, 2017.