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State Rep. Randy Fine discusses the gun control measures Florida lawmakers have passed with NPR's Rachel Martin.

White House Opioid Commission member Bertha Madras, PhD., speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the recommendations she presented to President Trump today for ameliorating the nation's opioid epidemic.

In 2012, it estimated that the Gaza Strip would be unlivable by 2020. "Gaza's 2 million people are seeing faster and faster decline in their living conditions," says the U.N.'s Gaza Coordinator.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with the chief of staff of the Puerto Rico government, William Villafañe, about how the island is doing now that Hurricane Maria has finally left the province.

There is a surge of migrants making the dangerous Libya-to-Italy crossing. Reuters' reporter Steve Scherer tells Rachel Martin that many are escaping their kidnappers and fleeing forced labor camps.

When President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, aides say he will be optimistic, bipartisan and forward-looking. But Trump is not known for bringing people together and many issues he'll speak about are divisive.

The beverage company hopes to entice young people and former soda drinkers with four new fruity versions of Diet Coke. The decline in sales reflects a shift toward bottled water and flavored seltzer.

President Trump has laid out a proposal that would give as many as 1.8 million young immigrants a pathway to U.S. citizenship in exchange for border wall funding and other immigration policy changes.

Residents of the Philippines say things aren't as bad as once feared, after being hit by a super typhoon.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Fiona MacGregor, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, about the cash for work program, which gives Rohingya refugee volunteers a stipend to help prepare safer shelters.