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Searchers sift through the burned city of Paradise, Calif., more than two weeks after wildfires erupted. There are new concerns about toxic debris washing into waterways.

The most popular dog names of 2018 say a lot about our world and what we're watching. Increasingly, dogs are getting human names, but is that really a surprise since they're part of the family?

CIA Director Gina Haspel is in Turkey as part of the investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The U.S., the Turks and the Saudis are engaged in complicated negotiation over the case.

Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his nation had successfully tested a nuclear-powered weapon. Satellite imagery suggests it may not have gone so well.

During a meeting at the White House, Kanye West spoke for 10 minutes on a range of topics. His stream-of-consciousness remarks left President Trump saying, "That was pretty impressive."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with The New Yorker's Susan Glasser about the political use and impact of rage, as displayed by Brett Kavanaugh and Senate Republicans at Thursday's hearing.

Paul Greengrass' new film re-creates the 2011 attacks in which a right-wing terrorist killed 77 people, most of them teens. Critic John Powers says 22 July is a superb film that avoids sensationalism.

Most catches are exported to unagi-loving Asian nations, which pay up to thousands of dollars per pound. But one woman is raising and marketing eels for U.S. buyers: "Why not keep that value at home?"

Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins announced on Friday her support for Brett Kavanaugh, increasing the chances that he will be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a final Senate vote.

The president tells NPR that Donald Trump should work through Congress, and says if the new president overturns his own executive actions, "that's part of the democratic process."

David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post has reported extensively on the Trump Foundation. He explains the context for Trump's announcement that he plans to dissolve the foundation.

Was this the year of the activist athlete? NPR's Scott Simon looks back on the year in sports with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com.