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States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

The Caribbean storm — among the most powerful in history, with 185 mph winds — is expected to bring flash-flooding and landslides as it slowly moves across the island and heads north toward Cuba.

The Category 5 hurricane tore a path of destruction across the island, causing major flooding and power cuts. Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the country a "disaster area."

As Indiana’s governor called a special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Illinois Democrats to do the same.

Ramon Chavez-Rodriguez admitted that he was drunk when he lost control of his vehicle, killing St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer David Lee.

Former Illinois police officer Sean Grayson told the jury that Massey's vow to "rebuke him in the name of Jesus" led him to shoot her. His testimony drew scoffs from Massey's mother.

Ahead of the monument’s 60th anniversary, historians are taking note of the Gateway Arch's part in the fight for civil rights in the U.S.

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely halted thousands of layoffs of federal employees announced by the Trump administration since Oct. 1.

President Trump began one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday by greeting the new Japanese prime minister, and taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier.

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.

More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.