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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kamala Harris' childhood friend, Carole Porter, about how their upbringing in a redlined Bay Area neighborhood shaped Harris.

One of the first Black students to attend an all-white school in the Deep South is preserving the Lower 9th Ward elementary school she helped integrate in 1960 as a civil rights center.

Two-thirds of heat-related deaths in metro Phoenix last year were also associated with substance abuse, most often methamphetamine. Health officials are trying to devise interventions.

A little boy must go on a hero's quest — through woods full of oak trees and a bamboo forest — to discover "The Truth About Dragons" in Julie Leung and Hanna Cha's Caldecott Honor children's book.

Before social media, the film Purple Rain gave audiences a peek into Prince's musical life. Band members say the true genesis of the title song was much less combative than the version presented in the film.

In her remarks, which came after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Harris also said she held an "unwavering commitment to Israel."

As evacuations continued in California, some Oregon residents were cleared to return home after a storm dropped welcome rain but also potentially dangerous lightning on the biggest blaze in the U.S.

President Biden met with Prime Minister Netanyahu. While Biden is trying to secure a cease-fire in Gaza before leaving office, there’s a new focus on what Harris may do differently if elected president.

President Biden talked about the decision to end his bid for reelection and his plan for the next six months of his presidency in an Oval Office address. And, Vice President Harris' stance on Israel.

In her remarks, which came after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Harris also said she held an “unwavering commitment to Israel."