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An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated as the Caldor Fire rages on. Shelters are filling up and hotel rooms are hard to find, leaving evacuees struggling to cope with the uncertainty.

A federal labor official found that Amazon's anti-union tactics may have tainted last spring's voting process sufficiently to scrap its results. Workers had rejected unionization more than 2-to-1.

Confusing messaging from the CDC, and a more urgent push to get Americans vaccinated, plus the prospects of two infrastructure packages making their way through Congress.

For the first time in 50 years, the Milwaukee Bucks have won an NBA championship. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mirin Fader of The Ringer about how forward Giannis Antetokounmpo led them to victory.

African American communities say they appreciate a growing trend of Black Santa Claus representations at Christmas

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Brazzel, a Kentucky native who lost his home in deadly tornadoes on Dec. 10. Some of Brazzel's family photos have been found across the border in Indiana.

District Attorney Joyce Chiles in Mississippi is considering whether enough evidence exists to prosecute the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. FBI investigators reopened the Till case in 2004. Federal civil rights prosecutors are hamstrung by a statute of limitations, but there is no such obstacle in Mississippi.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he plans to reach out to every segment of the community after he was re-elected over the weekend. He defeated Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in a run-off. Some voters have concerns about their city's future under Nagin, but others say they've already seen positive changes.

Many other companies use the peanut butter — the cause of a salmonella outbreak — and now they have recalls of their own. The FDA says the products made it to at least 10 other countries.

The search continues for insight into the views and legal philosophy of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito. Alex Chadwick speaks with Slate financial writer Henry Blodget about Alito's finances, and what they tell us about the man under the judge's robe.