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Since Superstorm Sandy, officials in Washington, D.C., have gotten a clear idea of what would happen in a worst-case storm scenario. Key government buildings and tourist sites like the Smithsonian museums are particularly vulnerable to flooding. So federal and local officials are taking steps to protect them.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Noa Naftali and Liz Hirsh Naftali, cousin and great-aunt of Abigail Edan, who was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days and released Friday.

Only 41 "war on terror" captives remain at the prison camps on the U.S. navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Roughly a third of them are being held there at Camp 7, a lockup so secret that its very location is classified. Known as "high value detainees." they all underwent brutal interrogations in secret CIA prisons elsewhere. Now a military judge is letting some of their lawyers visit Camp 7 for the first, and possibly only, time.

Officials in New York are on track to spend $1 billion taxpayer dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics doubt it will pay off.

Political Arena is giving players a front row seat to all the ins and outs — and yeah, even the ugliness — of national politics.

Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.

Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers.

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh pumped $350 million into downtrodden downtown Las Vegas to make it a home for startups and a place young people want to live again. Three years in, is it working?

Including Mark Finchem's win in Arizona, Republicans who deny the 2020 election results have now moved closer to overseeing the voting process in nearly a dozen states.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, a democrat, about his campaign for U.S. Senate. The race in Wisconsin could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.