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Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.

Negotiations have narrowed proposals to address school safety, standards for safe gun storage, federal support for mental health programs and incentives for states to create red flag laws.

This storm was part of an atmospheric river storm. But what does that mean and how bad was Wednesday night's storm?

"We're way behind on winter," one resident says. Higher than average temperatures in rural Alaska are being blamed for two deaths and are preventing people from hunting for food.

In Liège, Belgium's third-largest city, water from the Meuse river overflowed into parts of the city center, prompting city officials to call for residents to evacuate the area or seek higher ground.

The Brazos River has already reached record levels and forced hundreds of people west of Houston to evacuate. Weather experts predict 4 to 5 more inches of rain around Houston through the weekend.

India's holy Ganges River provides sustenance to more people than the population of the United States. A 1,550-mile journey along Mother Ganga offers a unique glimpse of what lies behind the complexities of India today.

Nearly 100 people have died in Spain after flash floods turned streets into rivers that swept cars away. The death toll is still climbing, and rain continues to fall in vast areas of the country.

New research says climate change has caused toxic metal pollution to double in some Colorado rivers and mountain streams. It's complicating efforts to clean up abandoned mining sites.

Talk Business & Politics’ Michael Tilley spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Matthew Moore about a new possible ordinance to require public review and cost estimates for large capital projects, the financial outlook for Parrot Island Waterpark, local sales tax trends and new manufacturing equipment at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith.