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After record flooding at the end of July in eastern Kentucky, residents reported more than 10,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Many residents remain in housing limbo as they apply for aid and rebuild.

Since the shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., on Sunday, there's been much discussion in the Sikh community as to how to better educate the public about their culture and religion. Audie Cornish speaks with Amardeep Singh, a professor of English at Lehigh University and a Sikh himself, about how much that would help in preventing the kind of violence in Wisconsin.

DeSantis dealt another blow to Walt Disney World's autonomy by signing a bill on Monday to take control of the company's development board. Critics say the move looks like retaliation.

Reformist farmers in California have deposed the leader of the country's biggest irrigation district, who was known for fighting water regulations. Farmers are accepting less water means less farming.

California is bracing for more bad weather. The latest atmospheric river will bring warm air and rain, which could lead to rapid snowmelt and catastrophic flooding.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristen Moudy, economic development director for the city of Wheeler in the Texas Panhandle, where wildfires have burned more than a million acres.

San Francisco is one of several major cities with a sewage system which can get overwhelmed during storms. A case concerning the city's water quality violations is headed to the Supreme Court.

A new law opens up outdoor preschools to low income families in Colorado by allowing them to accept state child care subsidies. Advocates say learning outdoors has advantages over indoor classrooms.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Daniel Darling, who teaches at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, about restrictions on women as pastors in the church.

Most of the country's lettuce and leafy greens come from California, where 13 atmospheric rivers hit this winter. Farmers both welcome the water and sometimes suffer from the deluge.