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The Thomas Fire is now the fifth-largest fire in modern California history. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with battalion chief Fred Burris about what battling this wildfire is like.

The deaths of 12 residents of a Florida nursing home after Hurricane Irma have been declared homicides. As the investigation continues, the state is seeking to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

The tax overhaul limits the amount of state and local taxes deductible on federal returns. The IRS says taxes can be prepaid and deducted if they are levied in 2017 and paid by Dec. 31.

The U.S. has one kind of gap. The developing world has another, as a new report points out.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Associated Press reporter Danica Coto about how Puerto Ricans are responding to austerity measures meant to address the island's billion-dollar debt.

President Trump has been touting positive economic news, as the stock market hits new highs this week and the Labor Department reports solid job gains.

The Supreme Court will hear a case this week that could have repercussions on how politicians are elected throughout the country.

"I thought that surely I'd misheard him," says Calvin Hennick, the white father of a mixed-race son, of his encounter with a fan in Boston. The man he reported has been banned from Fenway Park.

States have long argued that they are losing millions of dollars in uncollected taxes from online sales. Massachusetts is now trying a very Internet answer to this Internet problem.

Counterterrorism police have released preliminary details about two of the three men who were killed by police Saturday. The London attack killed at least seven people and wounded dozens.