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In some Lebanese towns, Syrian refugees now outnumber Lebanese. And harassment against them is picking up — as is political rhetoric against them.

After Hurricane Katrina, 20,000 people faced difficulty getting government aid to rebuild, because they couldn't prove they owned their homes. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with University of Texas Law Professor Heather Way about how the same thing could happen after Hurricane Harvey.

NPR reporters have been going home to see how their hometowns have changed. NPR's Richard Gonzales returns to Richmond, Calif., a blue collar city east of San Francisco seeing an exodus of African-Americans and the emergence of a new Latino community.

Each year, the International Rescue Committee holds a summer school program for newly-arrived refugee kids. This year's session in Seattle includes 36 students from Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan.

Motorists are finding that the average price of a gallon of gasoline is 20 cents more than it was a month ago — the highest it's been in two years. The reasons have a lot to do with 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.

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.

The virus has killed more than a dozen people and sickened hundreds of others in San Diego since November.

Around 60,000 people had to leave their Frankfurt homes while experts defused the 2-ton bomb, believed to have been dropped some 70 years ago by the British Royal Air Force.