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More than 100 high school football games in Texas have been canceled following Harvey. Scott Simon talks with Angel Verdejo, who covered football for the Houston Chronicle and now works in education.

Regina Thorne-DuBois is a Houston drag queen who held a series of Facebook Live fundraisers for local community health organizations in the wake of Harvey. She joins NPR's Scott Simon.

As Washington prepares to address federal funding for the flood-stricken areas, Texas residents continue to deal with chemical plant fires, lack of drinking water and still-swollen waterways.

Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire is one of 29 burning across the state, and "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city," Mayor Eric Garcetti said.

Terrence Veal, his wife, and his six children left New Orleans on the eve of Katrina's landfall. Now, 12 years later, they've had to evacuate their Houston home in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Veterinarian Brennen McKenzie writes The SkeptVet, a blog that pushes for evidence-based medicine instead of relying on tradition, anecdotes or pseudoscience in the treatment of cats and dogs.

A default on U.S. debt is unknown territory. It's never happened. That may make some people say: "Let's try it." But those might not be the people you want to trust with your life savings.

A new study shows that women think more highly of female lawmakers, and that for men, there's no difference. But broken down by party, the results get more complicated.

The paper announced it would cease operations after receiving a tax bill of $6.3 million. Representatives of the paper say the bill was a silencing tactic because of its coverage of Cambodia's leader.

20-year-old Jake Olson helped earn USC an extra point in their winning game against Western Michigan Saturday.