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How ready is the U.S. for a major earthquake or tsunami?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kit Miyamoto, an engineer specializing in disaster recovery, about U.S. readiness following the major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia.

CoastLine: Ellie Foumbi explores trauma and forgiveness in Our Father, the Devil

Our Father, the Devil is Ellie Foumbi's first feature film, and she has a distribution deal. The Tribeca Film Festival calls the lead performances "Oscar-worthy" — in a story that explores trauma, what forgiveness means, and whether anything is unforgiveable.

Bat Cave, already a rural community before Hurricane Helene, has faced access issues after the storm because of damage to roads and bridges.

FEMA’s latest $155M for Helene recovery will repay NCDOT, local governments

The bulk of the money will go towards reimbursing state emergency road and bridge work and millions are county governments as well.

CoastLine: Michelin star chef Iliana Regan on gender, fear, and foraging

Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and hard-to-reach getaway in the Hiawatha National Forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She’s also a Michelin starred chef and the author of two books. On this episode, how she thinks about gender – especially her own, how she deals with fear and why people are scary, and what she found on a foraging trip through the saltwater marshes of southeastern North Carolina.

French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults

Depardieu's long and storied career has turned the trial into a post- #MeToo test of the willingness of France and its movie industry to confront sexual violence and hold influential men accountable.

What consumers should know as Philips agrees to $1.1 billion CPAP settlement

Under a related deal, users who return devices by Aug. 9 can get an extra $100. As part of the recall, the company is offering repairs, replacements or refunds of the machines' cost.

The grounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Ill., are shown in May, 1893. The first ferris wheel, which carries 1,400 persons 250 feet into the air, is one of the biggest attractions. The exposition opened on May 1. (AP Photo)

The technology that emerged from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

Epstein paid for a conference of top scientists in 2006. His motives are now clear

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

Chloe Veltman evaluates Nike's Project Amplify system on a steep incline at the LeBron James Innovation Center in Beaverton, Ore., on Jan. 14. She says that after "getting over the surprise" of initially wearing the Project Amplify shoes, "it kind of feels like my feet are being pushed more aggressively forward."

'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility

Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.

'Tom, is that you?' How a stranger followed instinct to find a lost child

When he was 6 years old, Tom Sinclair wandered away from his family's campsite on Lake Superior and got lost. At dawn, he heard a voice that has shaped his life ever since.

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