NPR Topics: National
Dry weather in New York and New Jersey leads to a rash of dangerous wildfires
Hide SummaryWildfires have been raging in New York and New Jersey. People in some areas have been asked to prepare for possible evacuations.Read more
Embroiderers gather for peace -- each stitch represents a person killed in Gaza
Hide SummaryPeople come together every Tuesday on the University of Michigan campus to work on a tapestry based on traditional Palestinian embroidery. Each stitch represents a death in Gaza.Read more
Small Ohio River town embraces butterflies to symbolize change, recovery
Hide SummaryPeople in New Richmond designed a butterfly garden as a symbol of recovery for a former flood land, and for people who have struggled with addictionRead more
Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
Hide SummaryRevered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.Read more
Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
Hide SummaryA former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike.Read more