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Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the company's new wireless AirPods headphones during an event in San Francisco on Wednesday in which Apple also presented the iPhone 7.

Apple Scraps Headphone Jack In iPhone 7, Reveals Cordless AirPods

Why is Apple pushing users toward wireless earbuds? "Courage," says an Apple executive. Other news from the Apple event involved Super Mario, Pokemon Go and water-resistant features.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health sent a mobile testing unit to a fire station in Wharton, W.Va., in 2012 to screen coal miners for black lung disease.

Lawmakers Seek Better Count Of Advanced Black Lung Disease Cases

In response to an NPR investigation that shows 10 times the number of cases as currently reported, members of Congress are asking three federal agencies to work together to obtain an accurate count.

A student receives her afternoon snack at Kingsley Elementary School in Los Angeles. Many of the students at the school in a low-income neighborhood of Los Angeles eat breakfast and lunch provided by the school.

Number Of Hungry U.S. Kids Drops To Lowest Level Since Before Great Recession

The government says there was a big drop last year in the number of Americans struggling to get enough to eat, especially children. The USDA credits food aid like the school lunch program and SNAP.

Heavy rain hits downtown Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday ahead of Hurricane Matthew's expected arrival.

Caribbean Nations Feel Hurricane Matthew's Lash

Authorities warn of "life threatening" wind and flooding in Haiti and have issued warnings for parts of Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. The U.S. Navy evacuated families from its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A drone image of a forest near La Florida, Chile, on Sunday, after a wildfire.

U.S. Increases Firefighting Aid To Chile As More Than 70 Blazes Rage

At least 13 countries have sent money, equipment and people to help fight wildfires that have killed at least 11 people, including four firefighters.

Police officers push a group of demonstrators back in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Friday. Violence broke out in the area among a crowd of several hundred, but the city's interim police chief says protests across the city have been largely peaceful.

In D.C., Group Of Protesters Breaks Windows; Police Use Pepper Spray

One inauguration protest erupted into conflict; officers in riot gear sent a concussive device into the crowd of several hundred. The interim police chief says protests elsewhere have been peaceful.

An artist's rendering of the BEAM inflatable annex attached to the side of the International Space Station.

NASA To Test Inflatable Room For Astronauts In Space

On Friday, a supply rocket is scheduled to send an inflatable module to the International Space Station. The expandable technology is being developed by a private firm.

Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto, Japan, early Saturday local time.

After Powerful Quakes, An Even Stronger Temblor Strikes Southern Japan

Just over 24 hours after strong earthquakes hit the Kumamoto area, an even bigger temblor of magnitude 7.0 struck the same area. Thursday's quakes killed at least nine people.

A woman prays at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. The shift away from religion among Americans has taken place in a relatively short period of time.

Poll Finds Americans, Especially Millennials, Moving Away From Religion

A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that the percentage of Americans who say they believe in God, pray daily and attend church regularly is declining.

Tents dot the scrub brush in the dunes at "The Jungle," a camp in Calais, France, that houses about 6,000 migrants.

For Migrants In France, Life In 'The Jungle' Has Changed

NPR Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley says the squalid camp where migrants live in the rough in the dunes of Calais has transformed.

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