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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with aviation reporter Kyle Arnold of The Dallas Morning News about the impact from thousands of flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines.

After months of preparations, House Republicans this week are launching committee hearings investigating Democrats.

Because of a change in the climate, giant sequoias have become more vulnerable to insects, disease and wildfire.

Marriages are still underway at the courthouse where President Donald J. Trump's trial is taking place.

Evictions in some once-affordable suburbs are on the rise. During the pandemic, people looking for more space left high-priced cities and moved to the burbs, pushing out lower income renters there.

After the midterm elections, President Bush's clout took a hit at home. But what about on the world stage? The way world leaders received President Bush this past week may impact how he approaches meeting with foreign heads of state in the future.

With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections, GOP representatives and party freshmen elected leaders to run a smaller, more conservative conference in the next Congress.

Maybe you won't pay several hundred dollars for a pair of sneakers, but there are a lot of people who will — providing they are the right sneakers. Demand for certain models has spawned a robust market for resellers — people who buy up the available supply and resell them for a profit.

A U.S. government source says small arms from the U.S. are starting to head into Syria, funneled by the CIA, which is involved in covert training of rebel forces in Jordan. But a larger U.S. training effort has yet to be approved by the White House. The Pentagon is coming up with options that ramp up CIA training in Jordan and possibly Turkey. Other Arab countries have also expressed interest in helping out. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has hinted that the larger-scale training would be done by either Green Berets or conventional U.S. troops, and Sen. John McCain is pushing for this effort. But the effort may have been put on hold given the new diplomatic effort between the U.S. and Russia.

Animal and human trials are promising, Dr. Anthony Fauci tells lawmakers Friday, and the government is preparing for widespread distribution once a vaccine is shown to be safe and effective.