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A fire at a Luma Energy substation in San Juan knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents in Puerto Rico on Thursday.
Negociado del Cuerpo de BomberosAt the height of the blackout, nearly 800,000 customers were without power, according to Luma Energy. The company took over as the island's power authority just 10 days ago.
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Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks Are Turning Up On California's Beaches National News
The blood-sucking critters are capable of thriving along the West Coast, according to new research, though experts don't exactly know how they're picking up the bacterium that causes the illness.
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2 Artists Want G-7 Leaders To End E-Waste. So They Sculpted Them Out Of Trash National News
Made of circuit boards and smartphones, a giant sculpture of the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations is greeting them at a summit in England. The creators want to raise awareness about e-waste.
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10 Senators Say They Agree On Infrastructure 'Framework' — But There Are Few Details National News
The bipartisan proposal would cost $1.2 trillion and include no tax hikes. But the senators themselves didn't release any details and party leaders have been mostly silent on the development.
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Senator Presses Landlord Over Report It Evicts Black Renters At Higher Rates National News
A senator is asking why a corporate landlord has filed to evict renters in predominantly Black counties at four times the rate as renters in predominantly white counties.
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Welcome To Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S. National News
The museum features the work of a Hungarian taxidermist who created anthropomorphized exhibits. It had 50,000 visitors in 2019, but numbers fell during the pandemic and the owner now plans to sell.
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New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China National News
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.
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The Senate Has Just Confirmed The First Muslim American Federal Judge In U.S. History National News
Zahid Quraishi was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by a Senate vote of 81-16.
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