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Pick any place on the map and you're likely to find dynasty politics in full bloom. And just wait until the 2016 presidential election, where many of the top prospects are from America's most prominent political families.

Over the past decade, fires in the American West have grown in intensity and size. "We're on a growth trajectory that is very scary," says one fire tracker. "And if we think it's expensive and dangerous now, we're just now seeing the very beginnings of how big this problem is going to be very soon."

Civilian furloughs have begun at U.S. military installations worldwide. The mandatory days off without pay, prompted by the current round of budget cuts known as sequestration, are looming over Defense Department-run schools that serve the children of military families. For teachers at the nation's most populous Army base, Fort Bragg, cuts mean no new textbooks and a loss of school days.

Jenna Conti, also known as Eden Sirene, wants to show off her fins at her local pools. But rules are rules, the community board says. And the rules say no fins in the pool.

The Air Force unit that operates most of the data-collection flights might be unable to muster enough manpower if two or three storms threaten land at the same time.

After striking a bipartisan deal to move nominations forward, the Senate has now filled four top posts.

This month, NPR has arrived on its smallest screen yet. See what it's like to view NPR.org on Google Glass.

The photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that Rolling Stone put on its cover angered Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Sean Murphy and many others. He's given Boston Magazine photos he took the night Tsarnaev was captured. "This guy is evil," Murphy says. "This is the real Boston bomber."

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be the first female president of the University of California system. But it’s her experience with the…

It's bad enough when a mayor is embroiled in an ugly scandal. But it's worse when the city is also struggling to regain its footing after years of financial improprieties.