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With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, President Trump claimed the federal hurricane response in Puerto Rico last year was "the best job we did." New estimates put the death toll at 3,000.

Secretary Wilbur Ross warned Commerce Department officials that they should be "very careful" about "everything" when adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

An app service known as Aira is connecting blind and visually impaired grocery shoppers with sighted guides that help them navigate the aisles at Wegmans through their smartphones.

The Department of Homeland Security said it needed an extra $200 million to detain and deport migrants. Among the cash that covered the shortfall: FEMA funds earmarked for recovery and preparedness.

Anjem Choudary, convicted of exhorting people to join the Islamic State, is set to walk free next month after serving half of his sentence.

After writing biographies of Charles Dickens and Mary Wollstonecraft, Tomalin turned to memoir. Her new work tells of her conflicting desires to have children and to lead a meaningful working life.

Massachusetts planned to exclude expensive drugs that weren't proven to work better than existing alternatives from its Medicaid plan. Medicaid drug spending had doubled in five years.

Dang him.

Astros relief pitcher Brad Peacock was the third player sent home with the virus this season. The league says it is taking steps to contain the spread of the virus.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Eduardo Bhatia Gautier about President Trump's claim that the federal response to Hurricane Maria was an incredible success.