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Pierre L'Enfant was a lowly French engineer when he met George Washington at Valley Forge. Washington recruited him to make the design for the nation's new capital city. L'Enfant made the plans, but his personality was so abrasive, he was pushed out of the project.

Early this month, FEMA announced plans to cancel a suite of grants to help communities combat flooding. Across the country, many municipalities have already invested millions to start the projects. In North Carolina, none have received a federal dime.

Filmmaker Ari Aster, who wrote and directed Midsommar and Hereditary, returns to theaters this weekend with a conspiracy-laden story set in the spring of 2020.

According to the National Weather Service, the most severe impacts of ice and freezing rain will be felt inland on Saturday night through Sunday, while warmer coastal temperatures will cushion the impact of the winter storm. NWS predicts dangerously low temperatures across the entire region going into next week.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

The Trump administration is pausing immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries. Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute breaks down what the changes to immigration policy means.

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.”

A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said Iran's nuclear program is heavily damaged, "but the material will still be there and the enrichment capacities will be there."

Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, founding members of the band Squeeze, recently unearthed their very first attempts at songwriting. Their new album "Trixies" is based on those sketches.