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Conservative leaders and activists are gathering in Washington this week for CPAC — the Conservative Political Action Conference. There's been a lot of focus on who was invited to speak — like Mitt Romney and Donald Trump — and who wasn't, like Chris Christie. Plus, President Obama is heading to the Middle East for the first time as president next week. Host Michel Martin talks politics with Mary Kate Cary of U.S. News and World Report, and former Obama administration advisor Corey Ealons.

Voter turnout is heavy as Palestinians go to the polls in Gaza and the West Bank to elect a new parliament, the first in a decade. Unofficial exit polls show the ruling Fatah movement winning more than 40 percent of the vote, with the Islamist group Hamas garnering more than 30 percent.

The law has kept people from falling into homelessness during the pandemic. But many say rental assistance money has been hard to access.

Hundreds of people in South Florida are in shelters after historic flooding this week. They worry about their homes and the messy clean-up ahead.

The Dixie Fire has been burning for weeks — threatening a series of small towns in the Sierra Nevada. More than 5,000 firefighters are working to contain the blaze.

The American League Championship Series begins tonight. Writer Kate Tuttle says Roger Angell's 1988 collection of essays, Season Ticket, is the perfect accompaniment to the postseason.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Kate Simpson of Kensington, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Cyclone Freddy is tearing its way through Southern Africa and is on track to be one of the longest lasting and strongest cyclones on record.

The group invited six new members to join — expanding their reach to cover over a third of the world's population in an attempt to reshape the global world order.

In a video released by Kensington Palace, the Princess of Wales says she's finished chemotherapy for cancer, but that her "path to healing and full recovery is long."