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Earlier this week, NPR's Christopher Joyce reported on an experimental fire scientists set in Brazil to understand how these fires affect climate change. Here, he offers a reporter's notebook on what it's like to chase a fire through a tropical forest.

Nazgul sprints on the course at a cross-country ski race, crossing the finish line in an unsanctioned quest for glory.

Senior pitcher Odicci Alexander helped lead the James Madison University softball team to an unexpected semifinal run at the Women's College World Series.

A herd of 15 elephants has wandered some 300 miles from their traditional reserve in Southwest China. Their trek has been tracked by authorities who aren't clear why the herd is so far from home.

A California father took his two young children to Mexico and killed them after he claimed he had been "enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories," federal authorities say.

The Justice Department will be probing the Phoenix police's use of force and their treatment of the city's homeless.

Two kinds of people consume Christmas music: those who actually like the stuff, and folks who need something listenable on hand in case seasonal visitors insist on some ornamental mood music. For both groups, two new jazz brass albums should do the trick. Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews.

At the opening of a United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, António Guterres says the world is "digging our own grave" by not acting more aggressively to mitigate climate change.

Students at the prominent historically Black university in Washington, D.C., had been protesting poor housing conditions since Oct. 12. The details of the agreement were not immediately available.

Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan all reported mild symptoms. All three had been vaccinated and boosted, and encouraged others to do the same.